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October 30, 2015

China Sunergy Opens Solar Cell Factory in Korea
Nanjing, China (SPX) Oct 28, 2015
China Sunergy has announced that the Company's solar cell factory in Incheon, Korea has started formal operation. Located in INCHEON-SI, KOREA, the factory covers an area of approximately 5000 m2 , and has annual production capacity of 200MW. The factory started trial production in May 2015, and turned into formal operation recently. According to current plan, once the capacity utilization rate at Korea plant reaches 80% or higher, China Sunergy will consider expanding the total production capacit ... read more

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