The U.S.-based supplier of materials for fabricating photovoltaic silicon solar cells, Ferro Corporation, has announced that its Electronic Material Systems business unit has begun production of solar aluminum paste at its expanded Suzhou facility.

China Sunergy Co.,Ltd., a specialized solar cell manufacturer based in Nanjing, has announced that it has entered into a supply agreement with the European wafer provider REC Wafer for a high quality supply of monocrystalline 156-millimeter wafers for the seven years from 2009 through 2015.