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Report

PV Manufacturing Equipment – World – 2011
Date: 10 November 2011

IMS Research produces detailed studies each year on the global PV manufacturing equipment market. Its studies are the most detailed available providing market size and forecast data for equipment used at every stage of the thin-film and crystalline production process. The company's wealth of knowledge and expertise at other stages of the PV supply chain helps to drive-out the long term forecasts provided within the equipment report. Quarterly updates to the forecasts are also available as an option.

Data Included In This Report 

• PV Manufacturing Equipment by Process Type
• Ingot Manufacturing Equipment by Type
• Cell Manufacturing Equipment by Type
• Module Manufacturing Equipment by Type
• Thin-Film Manufacturing Equipment by Type
• PV Handling Equipment by Type
• PV Manufacturing Equipment by Geographic Region
• PV Module, Cell, Wafer and Polysilicon Capacity Figures
• 4-Quarter Forecasts for PV Manufacturing Equipment by Process Type
• Annual Market Shares for PV Equipment Vendors by Process Type
• Quarterly Market Shares for PV Equipment Vendors

Who Should Use This Report? 

This report provides analysis valuable to anyone looking to track and understand this quickly changing market, including:

• Suppliers of ingot, wafer, cell, module, handling and thin-film manufacturing equipment who are planning their operations and strategies, and tracking their competition
• Automation equipment vendors looking to track their customer base
• Raw material and component suppliers wishing to understand their customer base
• Investors looking to understand the financial health of the PV manufacturing equipment industry and its suppliers

Key Questions Answered In This Report: 

• The report answers the following questions that critical to the development of the industry:
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• What is the current size of the global PV manufacturing equipment market? How will this develop over the next five years?
• How will the market for crystalline PV equipment develop compared to thin-film PV equipment?
• How much equipment will be sold to China? What shares do other countries represent, and how will this change?
• How is  equipment pricing forecast to change?
• What emerging trends will impact the industry in the future?

For more information or to view a brochure and pricing information, please click here to login to IMS Research's website, or contact the report author, Tim Dawson.

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