Trina Solar honored Applied Materials for supporting Trina Solar's continued production capacity ramp with on-time delivery, product quality and service excellence. This is the third award in two months that Applied has received from major solar customers in China for its outstanding performance.
"Trina Solar has become a leading global solar company through its vertical integrated business model to provide high-quality and cost-effective products. Such leadership is paved with strong partnerships established with our key suppliers," said Patrick Lu, Vice President of Supply Chain Management of Trina Solar. "The state-of-the-art equipment and quick service response provided by Applied Materials enable us to continue our production roadmap with higher productivity, efficiency and lower cost."
"We're honored to be recognized by Trina Solar, a premier manufacturer of high-quality solar PV products," said Charlie Gay, President of Applied Materials Solar. "Applied has a 25-year history of supporting China's semiconductor and display industries and we are now the leading supplier of PV solar manufacturing equipment to China. We are grateful that close collaborations with valued customers such as Trina Solar are enabling us to utilize our global infrastructure and product technology to support China's aggressive green energy goals."
Applied Materials is a key supplier of screen printing systems for PV cell production at Trina Solar. As the leading equipment supplier to the global solar PV industry, Applied is currently supporting over 1,800 solar manufacturing systems at more than 200 customer sites worldwide. Applied is committed to helping enable customer roadmaps with advanced manufacturing technology and, though its Applied Global Services division, providing factory automation software and service solutions for optimizing solar cell efficiency and factory operations.
