REC has already integrated one of Centrotherm’s “high-throughput” five-chamber diffusion furnaces into its integrated factory in Singapore, but will now “equip and upgrade” its entire 740MW line.
The order is in the “higher single-digit” million euro range.
Centrotherm’s “high-throughput” model is 15-25% more productive than its standard model, the company says.
Among the world’s leading suppliers of PV production equipment, and competitor of companies like Applied Materials and Meyer Burger, Centrotherm filed for bankruptcy protection last summer and asked its creditors to take a painful haircut.
