The
launch
of
Hanwha
Q-Cells
follows
the
Korean
conglomerate's
August
purchase
of
bankrupt
Q.Cells
–
at
one
time
Germany’s
most
valuable
technology
company
–
after
paying
about
$48m
cash
and
taking
on
about
six
times
that
amount
in
debts.
Hanwha
already
has
another
PV
business,
Hanwha
SolarOne,
based
in
China.
The
Q-Cells
deal
brought
it
assets
including
200MW
of
cell
and
120MW
of
module
manufacturing
facilities
in
Germany,
and
an
800MW
cell
plant
in
Malaysia,
as
well
as
about
1,200
staff.
Hanwha
now
has
2.3GW
of
manufacturing
capacity
across
Germany,
Malaysia
and…
