GT Solar expanding in China

GT Solar of Merrimack, New Hampshire, is setting up full time sales operations in China.

The company's main China office will be located in Shanghai. An additional office will be located in Beijing serving customers in the north. Future plans include warehousing in the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone in PuDong.

“GT Solar is working with an increasing number of customers in China that have been developed over the last 5 years,” said Jeff Ford, General Manager of GT Solar (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, a wholly-owned local company. “Having a full-time presence in the region will improve our ability to provide technical and sales support to our customers.”

GT Solar Incorporated is a provider of technology, equipment and manufacturing solutions across the photovoltaic supply chain. The company’s products include equipment used to produce multi-crystalline solar wafers, cells and modules. GT recently expanded its product line to include polysilicon reactors – devices that allow customers to produce the polysilicon from which solar cells are made.