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Japan solar-panel maker sees lower costs with process revamp
Published Mon, Oct 19, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Tokyo
SOLAR Frontier KK, a unit of Showa Shell Sekiyu KK says the switch to a more efficient production process will help cut costs at a new factory intended to serve as a model plant for overseas expansion.
The company aims to shave more than a fifth off its production costs for thin-film solar panels within two years at the plant in Miyagi prefecture, president Atsuhiko Hirano said.
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