Taiwan's Inventec Sets up Solar Cell Unit

Sept. 29, 2010
The country has estimated its solar energy industry to be worth up to 200 billion Taiwan dollars by 2020.

Inventec Corp., a leading Taiwanese contract notebook computer maker, said on Sept. 29 that it will invest at least 3 billion Taiwan dollars (US$95 million) to set up a solar cell unit.

The company said it established the new unit to diversify its business and stimulate growth as profit margins in the contract computer-making sector have kept narrowing.

Inventec is among a string of Taiwanese high-tech firms that have ventured into solar energy, an area expected to see rapid expansion in coming years as global warming concerns prompt a search for alternative to fossil fuels.

Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) announced last year an investment of about $192 million for a 20% stake in Motech Industries Inc., the island's largest producer of solar cells.

TSMC, the world's top contract microchip maker by revenue, this year invested another $50 million in an American solar-panel maker.

Taiwan has estimated its solar energy industry to be worth up to 200 billion Taiwan dollars by 2020.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2010

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