JA Solar signs up for five-year wafer deal

G CL-Poly will supply JA Solar with more than 10GW of wafers and polysilicon under a new long-term supply contract signed by the two Chinese firms. The deal, which contains a price-adjustment clause, is to run from January 2011 to December 2015. JA's chief operatingofficer Jian Xie says the deal "fundamentally improves our supply chain positioning" and will "significantly improve our cost competitiveness".