Despatch Industries 4th Quarter Solar Bookings Exceed $10 Million
Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A. ¡V December 17, 2009 - Despatch Industries, a leading technology and equipment provider for the global solar industry, announced today that the company has received more than $10 Million in solar bookings in the fourth quarter, 2009. The orders have come in from both new and existing customers in China, Taiwan and Europe. Delivery for these orders will be primarily in the first and second quarters of 2010.
"The momentum we gained in the third quarter of 2009 has continued to build and we are excited to move into 2010 with such a strong backlog of orders," states Steve Oman, Despatch Director of Global Sales. "Customers are expressing their support for the ongoing innovations to our current metallization firing furnace product line, such as the VOC Thermal Oxidizer. We are also seeing tremendous interest in our newest generation firing furnace, the UltraFlex(TM)."
In addition to the continued interest in its industry-leading CF Series of metallization firing furnaces, Despatch's latest development in metallization technology, the UltraFlex(TM) with Microzone(TM) technology is also quickly gaining attention worldwide. Despatch recently surpassed 10GW of nameplate capacity orders, with total firing furnace orders in China exceeding 200 units.
Despatch Industries designs and engineers market-leading tools and technology for the global solar cell manufacturing industry. The company's regional offices in Taiwan, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Berlin, and complete global service network allow Despatch to provide local sales and product support to all customers worldwide. Despatch equipment is consistently recognized for exceptional performance and process quality, optimal cell efficiency, maximum uptime and reduced operating costs.
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