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June 19, 2008
DuPont Microcircuit Materials Opens New Photovoltaic Technical Center The center provides research, development and technical support for its customers in the photovoltaic (PV) solar energy industry that use DuPont™ Solamet® thick film metallization pastes.   » More

June 9, 2008
DuPont Expands Production of Solamet® Photovoltaic Metallization Paste System for Fast Growing Solar Energy Market To meet the needs of the fast-growing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy market, DuPont today announced that it will expand production of DuPont™ Solamet® thick film metallization pastes at its Electronic Materials DuPont Dongguan Ltd. (EMDD) facility here.   » More

May 6, 2008
DuPont to Open New R&D and Production Facilities For Growing Solar Energy Market DuPont today announced it will soon begin construction on a research center in Hong Kong and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen to support the rapidly growing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy industry.   » More

September 4, 2007
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions at 22nd EU Solar Energy Conference Enhanced Materials Improve Lifetime and Efficiency of PV - Modules, Expansion Plans Support Market Growth   » More

August 30, 2007
DuPont Microcircuit Materials Introduces New Solamet® Photovoltaic Metallization Paste System New Offering Enables Significant Cost Reduction for Solar Cell Manufacturers.   » More

July 23, 2007
DuPont to Lead $100 Million Federal Program to Advance Solar Cell Module Research Prototype development, materials application capability to be included in next phase of DARPA-Sponsored Research Consortium.   » More

November 20, 2006
DuPont Microcircuit Materials Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary at EMDD, Dongguan, China DuPont was the first multinational company to establish a production facility for thick film microcircuit materials in China. Since its start-up in 1996, EMDD has been serving the rapidly growing China domestic electronics market.   » More

October 12, 2006
DuPont Microcircuit Materials Receives Service Award from Q-Cells Marking five years of successful collaboration, DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM), part of DuPont Electronic Technologies, today announced that it is the proud recipient of a Q-Cells Supplier Award for its provision of metallization materials used in the construction of silicon photovoltaic cells.   » More

August 23, 2006
DuPont Invests $50 Million, Launches New Tedlar® Photovoltaic Solar Panel Materials To meet the needs of the fast-growing photovoltaic solar energy market, DuPont today announced a production expansion of DuPont™ Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) film. The new facility, with an estimated investment of $50 million, is scheduled for completion by 2007.   » More

 
August 15, 2006
DuPont Fluoroproducts Introduces Extended Range of Tedlar® Films for Photovoltaic Module Manufacturing DuPont Fluoroproducts introduces DuPont™ Tedlar® PV2100 Series polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) films, part of an extended line of Tedlar® PVF films used in the protective backsheets of photovoltaic (PV) modules.   » More

April 11, 2006
DuPont Solar Program Advances the Science of Renewable Energy DuPont today announced the launch of a solar energy program at its Chestnut Run facilities in Wilmington, Del., to further its research in next-generation solar panel technology.   » More

November 4, 2005
DuPont PVS Technical Laboratory to Install PV Power DuPont is demonstrating its commitment to photovoltaic (PV) technology through its corporate commitment to have at least 10% of its corporate power produced by renewable energy sources by 2010.   » More

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