DuPont Taiwan set up a photovoltaic center in Taoyuan County yesterday to offer technology for the production of the main material used in photovoltaic manufacturing to customers in the Asia-Pacific region, a DuPont official said.
Taoyuan County Commissioner Chu Li-lun (朱立倫), who was at the ceremony to inaugurate the center, expressed gratitude to DuPont for establishing the photovoltaic research and development facility in Taoyuan, adding that this would help to further boost Taiwan’s high-tech industry.
Chu expressed that hope that more foreign investors would follow suit.
The center will focus on technology related to metalization paste, which is the primary material used in the photovoltaic industry.
Walt Cheng (鄭憲誌), director of DuPont Electronic Microcircuit Materials Global Business, noted that the global photovoltaic industry is expected to grow by 30 percent annually.
DuPont, with more than 20 years of experience in the development of photovoltaic materials, has been dedicated to improving the efficiency and extending the life-span of its solar modules, Cheng said.
Tim McCann, vice president and general manager of DuPont Electronic Technologies, said the company is accelerating its deployment in Asia to cash in on the booming Asian market.
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