Polysilicon requirement unabated materials to rise
                                                                          Release time ：2007-06-10

   Although global main polycrystalline silicon vendors last year, but the global expansion has been aggressively semiconductors and solar cell production capacity of continuous expansion, same polysilicon materials requirements unabated, therefore, including the United States and Japan's Hemlock Tok and other supplies giant mountain (opened plate price, first quarter compared with the same period last year more than 15%, semiconductor surged with high purity polycrystalline silicon per kg offer to us $80, the sun $85 per kilogram battery polysilicon offer $60 to $65.

Microsoft's new operating system by the upcoming Vista influence, the fourth quarter of last year DRAM prices fell, maintain high global DRAM factory are pyramid investment expand 12 inches, but the capacity NAND supplier samsung, Toshiba, hynix has also in order to get the city for the first four seasons of rate, last year the lower amount cast piece twice over the previous year to soar, so with polycrystalline silicon semiconductor increased demand for no changes in demand, material disaster.

In the solar market, because many semiconductor factory into the solar market in succession last year, actively carries out solar cell volume production plan, so even a recent American and European market prices rising sun battery, the industry is still estimates that no longer battery capacity over the next eight years the sun in compound growth rate is 30% of rapid growth, so demand is also quickly polysilicon, also didn't see turn strong weaker demand phenomenon.

So, in the semiconductor and solar cells, the market demand of continued expansion, though global under five polysilicon suppliers, last year has been put into a new factory building new capacity, will work to wait until the first half of next year, will open in polysilicon demand exceeds supply market conditions have turned hasten severe cases, its price trend still will remain firm rise.