AU Optronics Corp., a manufacturer of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display panels, says that one of its subsidiary companies, AUO Crystal Corp., will establish a solar wafer plant in Taiwan's Chungkang Export Processing Zone, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Construction on the facility has begun, and the equipment is expected to be moved in this August, with mass production planned to begin in the fourth quarter. The company expects the first-phase capacity of its multicrystalline ingots and wafers to reach 300 MW.
SOURCE: AU Optronics Corp.