Company Profile: Trina Solar

Tier-1 vertically integrated crystalline silicon ingot, wafer, cell, and module manufacturer

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Categories	Crystalline silicon modules, Silicon and thin-film PV cells and modules
Competitors	Yingli Green Energy, JA Solar, Canadian Solar, SunPower, Jinko Solar, First Solar
Relationships	PingAn Trust Co. Ltd. (Joint venture partner) Jiangsu Jiuzhou Investment Group (Joint venture partner) + 3 additional customers, investees, and technology partners. Sign in to view

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Trina primarily develops and sells multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) ingots, wafers, cells, and modules. In...

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