Hanwha Q Cells recently completed construction of an additional 204 MW production line for high performance solar cells in its Malaysian manufacturing facility. The company also announced a further increase in production capacity to more than 1.5 GW in total.
In addition, Hanwha Q Cells has launched Manufacturing Excellence Initiatives at both its production sites in Malaysia and Germany, which are expected to result in an additional capacity increase of around 230 MW by the end of this year. By further increasing capacity, the company aims to satisfy the growing global demand for its high quality PV modules and solutions. Hanwha Q Cells has grown its shipments in the first half of 2014 by 68% to 539 MW in total.
“Hanwha Q Cells is further expanding its strong position in the international PV markets,” says Charles Kim, CEO. “Against the background of rising global demand for our high quality PV products and solutions we will further increase our international production capacities.”
Starting from 1.1 GW of capacity in Malaysia, the Manufacturing Excellence Initiatives are the set of measures to reduce cycle times and increase throughput in all production lines is expected to yield more than 200 MW by the end of 2014. A comparable program is scheduled to increase the company´s cell production capacity in Germany from the current 200 MW to around 230 MW by the end of the year.
“Our Manufacturing Excellence Initiatives were developed in close cooperation between the teams in Thalheim and Cyberjaya,” says Andreas von Zitzewitz, COO at Hanwha Q Cells. “Thus they provide further evidence, that excellence at Hanwha Q Cells starts in R&D, continues in manufacturing and results in leading quality products for our customers.”
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