The Japanese group said it will halt PV equipment-related operations at the end of March, leaving only a residual team in place to support already-sold kit.
Tokyo Electron took a big punt on the prospects for a-Si thin-film when it bought Swiss-based Oerlikon in a deal worth CFh250m ($270m).
Many in the solar industry had questioned the technology’s long-term prospects, and today Tokyo Electron said it was pulling the plug “given continually weak revenues and as we do not expect to recoup our investment further out in this business environment.”
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