CubicPV announces long term partnership with OCI Holdings

Frank van Mierlo, CEO of CubicPV, and Woo Hyun Lee, Chairman of OCI Holdings, during the signing ceremony.

Silicon solar wafer manufacturer CubicPV and global polysilicon leader OCIM Sdn.Bhd., a subsidiary of OCI Holdings, officially announced a long-term supply agreement in which OCIM will supply Cubic with high-quality, low-carbon, and U.S. compliant silicon. The eight-year contract, valued at approximately $1 billion, establishes a commitment for an annual supply volume by OCIM, outfitting Cubic […]

Toshiba Develops SiC MOSFET with Embedded Schottky Barrier Diode

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation and Toshiba Corporation (collectively “Toshiba”) have developed an SiC metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) that arranges embedded Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) in a check pattern (check-pattern embedded SBD) to realize both low on-resistance and high reliability. Toshiba has confirmed that the design secures an approximately 20% reduction in on-resistance (RonA) against […]

Toshiba Materials to invest for increasing capacity of Silicon Nitride Ball Production

Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd. (President: Katsuaki Aoki) recently announced a major investment in a new manufacturing facility for silicon nitride balls on the same site as its headquarters in Yokohama, Japan. The project has a budget of over 5-billion yen (approx. USD38 million) and is expected to see production start in November 2023. It will increase […]