{"id":75658,"date":"2009-06-22T14:21:52","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T14:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pv-tech.org\/au_optronics_to_purchase_majority_share_in_major_japanese_polysilicon_produ\/"},"modified":"2009-06-22T14:21:52","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T14:21:52","slug":"au_optronics_to_purchase_majority_share_in_major_japanese_polysilicon_produ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/au_optronics_to_purchase_majority_share_in_major_japanese_polysilicon_produ\/","title":{"rendered":"AU Optronics to purchase majority share in major Japanese polysilicon producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"legacy-content-text\">\n<p>\n\tTaiwan based AU Optronics Corp is to make an initial US$125 million investment in Japanese polysilicon producer, M.Setek with the aim of gradually becoming the majority shareholder in the company as it makes a move to strengthen its position in the renewable energies market.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;This will mark a major step forward for AUO&rsquo;s endeavor in energy business,&rdquo; said K.Y. Lee, Chairman of AUO. &ldquo;We are very much looking forward to collaborating with M.Setek, jointly bringing greater inputs to solar energy sources and providing better renewable energy solutions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn May, 2009 AU Optronics established AUO Energy Taiwan Corp (AET), with the intention of becoming an integrated renewable energy provider.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tM.Setek is currently the&nbsp;seventh largest polysilicon producer in the world and has aggressive capacity expansion plans in place to reach over 30,000MT production by 2012. 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