GT Advanced Technologies Inc. says it has received an order for silane production equipment and technology from SMP Ltd., a joint venture between Samsung Fine Chemicals and MEMC Singapore, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials.
The equipment will be used in the production of fluidized bed polysilicon using MEMC fluidized bed reactor technology, the companies note.
‘The SMP project is an important step in our continued support of the renewable energy industry in Korea, and we are proud to be associated with this project and working with Samsung Fine Chemicals and incumbent MEMC,’ says Dave Keck, vice president and general manager of GT's polysilicon business.