Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) wanted to sapphire wafer materials’ sales would reach 5-6% of revenues in 2011 from 2% estimated for 2010.
A leader of the company said, SAS was ready for producing 120,000-180,000 units LED sapphire substrates in 2011 from 60,000 in 2010. The new adding capacity would bring much more business sales.
In the US market, SAS has started a new wafer fab recently, which was expected to produce 300,000 6-inch equivalent wafers. The company estimated US semiconductor wafer business would contribute about 25% to revenues in 2011.
But in the solar-grade silicon wafers, the company planed to slow expansion at its production facilities in 2011, which resulted from uncertainty over government subsidies and a more cautious market outlook.
