The
CFh250m
($270m)
deal,
unveiled
in
March,
will
see
Tokyo
Electron
establish
a
third
core
business,
on
top
of
the
production
equipment
it
supplies
to
makers
of
semiconductors
and
flat-panel
displays.
Tokyo
Electron
has
had
a
joint
development
deal
for
thin-film
PV
with
Sharp
since
2008,
and
since
2009
it
has
acted
as
Oerlikon
Solar’s
marketing
and
sales
agent
in
Asia.
Oerlikon
–
a
Swiss
technology
conglomerate
controlled
by
Russian
tycoon
Viktor
Vekselberg
–
has
been
a
leading
supplier
of
production
machines
to
the
amorphous
silicon
(a-Si)
thin-film
PV
sector,
which
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