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    Friday, September 26, 2008

    SANYO Selects Salem, Oregon For New Wafer Production Plant


    SANYO North American Corporation, the North American branch of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. said Friday that it has selected the City of Salem, Oregon for the firm's new plant for manufacturing silicon ingot and solar wafers. According to SANYO, the move comes after having received approval from the city council. SANYO said that the plant will begin operations in October of 2009, and will be fully operational by April of 2010. According to the company, it is investing $80 million in construction of the plant, which will have approximately 70 MW of production capacity a year.
    posted on Friday, September 26, 2008


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