Solar one of few bright spots for troubled Oerlikon

The factory, which is just the first phase of a series of projects Oerlikon is kitting-up for Baoding Tianwei SolarFilms, is capable of producing 500,000 amorphous silicon (aSi) thin-film modules a year. The first phase cost an estimated 1.2bn yuan ($176m).

Oerlikon Solar is one of the few potential bright spots for its parent company, which has taken heavy losses in recent quarters.