Company Profile: Suntech Power

Crystalline silicon (x-Si) wafer, cell and module manufacturer

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Competitors	Yingli Green Energy, Trina Solar, First Solar, Solar Frontier, REC Solar, Q-Cells, SolarWorld, Canadian Solar
Relationships	DuPont (Supplier)

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Suntech manufactures multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) and monocrystalline silicon (c-Si) wafers, cells, and modules. The company...

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