Tokyo Electron

Tokyo Electron Ltd has dissolved a venture with Sharp Corp. to develop equipment used for solar cell production. According to Tokyo Electron who had a 51 percent stake in the venture, while Sharp held the rest, the liquidation of the company will be completed by the end of February.
Tokyo Electron, one of Japan’s leading semiconductor equipment suppliers, has agreed to buy the loss-making solar photovoltaic division of Switzerland’s Oerlikon Group. Oerlikon Solar offers turnkey manufacturing lines for thin film solar module mass production using amorphous silicon and tandem-junction technology.