Reported by Jeanny H. Lim

What do you see as the trends and market forces driving PV technology in the second half of 2011?

Advanced equipment is the key to further success since costs need to be further cut. In the second half, uncertainty about development of c-Si market still remains.

How are PV prices expected to develop in the second half?

I expect they will further decrease.

Where do you put your focus this year, in terms of business growth and technology development?

Manz will put a strong focus on cost reduction by increasing standardization and thus reducing production costs and making the straight use of the low-cost facilities in Eastern Europe, Taiwan and China.

Manz puts strong focus on further development of our processing machines such as laser processes, wet chemistry processes and metallization.

Asia is the most important market for Manz. In February, we had our groundbreaking ceremony for our new plant in Suzhou, China.

Jeanny H. Lim is Editor-in-Chief of InterPV. Send your comments to swied@infothe.com.

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