Wuxi-based Suntech Power Holdings, a manufacturer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, has announced that it is the first solar company in Asia to be awarded the VDE Test Data Acceptance Program certificate in accordance with all the requirements of IEC 61215.

New Energy Systems Group, a manufacturer and distributor of battery components in China, has agreed to acquire Anytone International (H.K.) Company Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Shenzhen Anytone Technology Company, a rapidly growing Shenzhen-based high tech, integrated product research, manufacturing and marketing company for lithium batteries.

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

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, has announced that it has entered into a multi-year, multi-system contract to provide key module line equipment to Trina Solar Limited in China.