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Headlines

• Applied Materials Opens Advanced Solar Research and Customer Demonstration Facility in Xi’an, China
• Applied Materials Dramatically Reduces Cost and Increases Productivity of Solar Ingot Squaring with New HCT Diamond Squarer System
• Applied Materials Details Progress Towards Industrializing PV Solar
• Applied Materials Introduces Multiple Printing Capability for Producing Higher Efficiency Solar Cells
• Solar fab2farm™ Model Offers a Blueprint for Affordable Clean Energy and Local Economic Development
• Applied Materials Announces IEC Certification of World’s Largest Solar Panels
• Sunfilm and Applied Materials Achieve Solar Industry Milestone with Certification of World's First Tandem Junction SunFab™ Line
• Applied Materials Delivers Major Advances to Lower Solar Cell Cost with New HCT MaxEdge Wire Saw
• Applied Materials Revolutionizes Solar Module Manufacturing with Breakthrough SunFab Thin Film Line
• Applied Materials to Accelerate Its Solar Roadmap with Acquisition of Baccini 
• Applied Materials Acquires HCT Shaping Systems to Expand Solar Manufacturing Solutions 
• Applied Materials Launches Strategy to Reduce the Cost Per Watt of Solar Power
• Applied Materials Completes Acquisition of Applied Films

Management

• Mike Splinter, Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer (German)
• Mark Pinto, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer (German)
• Charles Gay, President, Applied Solar
• Winfried Hoffmann, Chief Technology Officer, Solar Business Group

Multimedia

• Video: Accelerating Solar
• Video: Tour a SunFab Line
• Video: SunFab 5.7m² Solar Farm Installation
• Video: SunFab 5.7m² Panel Installation Techniques (Detailed Version / Short Version)
• Video: SunFab Module Saves Over 17% in Installation Costs
• Video: SunFab Module Reliability Testing
• Video: Long Term Field Reliability of Silicon Thin Film PV
• Video: Mike Splinter Solar Speech in Washington, D.C.
• Audio: Applied Materials Launches Solar Strategy
• "Learn about Solar Technology" hosted by Charles Gay
• What is Solar Electric Power?

Photos

• Charles Gay, Mike Splinter and Mark Pinto (hi-res / lo-res / caption)
• Mark Pinto and Charles Gay (hi-res / lo-res / caption)
• Mike Splinter (hi-res / lo-res / caption)
• Charles Gay (hi-res / lo-res / caption)
• Applied SunFab Thin Film Production Line (hi-res / lo-res / caption )
• Applied PECVD 5.7 System (hi-res / lo-res / caption )
• Applied ATON PVD System (hi-res / lo-res / caption)
• Applied Baccini Soft Line (hi-res / lo-res / caption)
• Applied HCT MaxEdge (hi-res / lo-res / caption)

Product/Technologies

• Thin Film Solar Modules 
• Crystalline Silicon 

Resources

• WSJ 2008 Technology Innovation Award Winner
• Applied Crystalline and Thin Film Equipment Brochure (1.5MB, PDF)
• 5.7m² Panel Installation Brochure (4.5MB, PDF)
• Applied HCT MaxEdge Wire Saw Brochure (11MB, PDF)
• Photovoltaic Technology Whitepaper (737KB, PDF)
• Solar Newsletter - The Solar Standard
• Harris Poll Survey; A Study about Solar Energy (121KB, PDF)

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