Hanwha Chemical, parent of Hanwha Q Cells, is a long-standing investor in Massachusetts-based 1366 Technologies, whose “Direct Wafers” technology threatens to disrupt the traditional solar ingoting business by allowing crystalline silicon wafers to be made individually in moulds.

But the strategic partnership with Hanwha Q Cells – whose shape was cemented last month when Hanwha SolarOne finalised its acquisition of Hanwha Q Cells and took its name – takes the relationship to another level.

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