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.

Hong Lei, webmaster of Tomatolei.com and maker of the pirated edition of Windows XP in China, has been sentenced to 3.5 years in jail in addition to a fine of CNY1 million.

HP has jointly announced with the Suzhou government that the two parties have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a software outsourcing center in the city.

Despite the global economic slowdown, Luxembourg-based logistics company Logwin has opened a new operation in Zhangjiagang in southeast China.

GE Aviation, has announced the opening of its new systems manufacturing facility in Suzhou.

U.S.-based Underwriters Laboratories, which known for the UL Mark, has announced that is opening a photovoltaic testing laboratory in Suzhou.

Fujitsu Quality Laboratory Limited has announced the establishment of a subsidiary in Suzhou which will offer local quality and environmental assurance services to companies in the electronics sector.

AOC, one of the world's top Chinese monitor manufacturers, has announced plans to build a LCD module and LCD television plant in the flat-panel and LCD monitor industrial base in Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong Province.

Westlake Chemical Corporation, a Houston-based petrochemical and fabricated products company, has opened an office in Shanghai.

According to chairman and CEO Jim Owen, Caterpillar plans to add to its China-based research and development operations to increase the technical support for its products in China and the rest of the Asia Pacific Region.