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Applied Materials (Applied Materials, AMAT) open the successive operating deficit of energy and environmental solutions sector (Energy and Environmental Solutions: EES) of the reorganization plan. The company sets out to provide thin film silicon solar cell production line class total solutions business (Turnkey Solution), instead committed to crystalline silicon solar cells and LED business class. However, CVD and sputtering devices, device type silicon thin film solar cell manufacturing plant operations will continue.

Previously, AMAT has been “SunFab” film silicon solar cell as a whole class of solutions as the core to carry out solar cell business. As to provide total solutions, help to promote the popularization of solar cells. On the other hand, the business also vulnerable to governments to develop the impact of energy policy. And the need to provide support to ongoing operations to bear the “heavy burden” (Applied Materials Japan). The resulting profit of the business difficult. In fact, with the economic situation, recovery, and other departments both sales and operating profit expanded only EES sector deficit in a row.

AMAT believes that this restructuring will take 300 million 75 million ~ 400 million cost of around 25 million U.S. dollars, but can reduce operating expenses EES department more than 100 million U.S. dollars. After the reorganization, EES department will become available beginning in 2011 annual profit of the sector. The company will continue to provide support to existing SunFab. In addition, CVD will continue to carry out sputtering devices, equipment and manufacturing operations in a single device, it will continue to improve efficiency and productivity for the purposes of research and development. In addition, solar cell set up in China R & D base will change the direction of R & D is committed to crystalline silicon solar cells and other products category.