DuPont Launches Photovoltaic Unit In India

Wed. September 03, 2008; Posted: 03:04 PM

(financialwire.net via COMTEX) -- DD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- September 3, 2008 (FinancialWire) -- DuPont (NYSE: DD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) (Current Market Cap: US$40.92 Bil.) has launched its DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions business in India. The business is a global supplier to the photovoltaic industry, offering a portfolio of solutions for both crystalline silicon and thin film modules.

The DPVS product portfolio includes films, resins, encapsulant sheets, flexible substrates, and conductive pastes for both crystalline silicon and thin film modules to the photovoltaic industry in India.

To support the solar energy market in India, Dupont plans to establish a photovoltaic lab by 2010 at the DuPont Knowledge Center in Hyderabad. The lab will provide technical and research facility support to DuPont customers in the solar energy industry.

DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions said it will also install a photovoltaic array at the DuPont Knowledge Center in order to generate a portion of the center's energy requirements from renewable solar energy.

The company said it expects that its sales of several product lines into the photovoltaic industry could exceed $1 billion within the next five years.

Wilmington, Delaware-based DuPont operates in more than seventy countries, and offers a range of products and services for markets including agriculture and food, building and construction, communications and transportation.

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