CaixinChina's polysilicon majors plan to bail out rest of glut-stricken industry
Joint entity aims to help fix supply-demand imbalance of key solar cell material
A production line for solar panels at a GCL System Integration Technology factory in Hefei, Anhui province, China. After more than a year of collapsing prices, the largest producers of the solar cell material are banding together to absorb surplus capacity. (China Daily via Reuters)
LUO GUOPING and KELSEY CHENG, Caixin
China's largest producers of polysilicon, a key material used to make solar cells, are working to set up a company to acquire struggling rivals, in an effort to stem a deepening supply glut and end a price war that has battered the country's solar industry.