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3M to Expand Manufacturing in China for Solar Markets

Operations will drive localization and accelerate growth in renewable energy sector

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

3M announced – in conjunction with the Hefei High-tech Industrial Development Area – a plan to build a manufacturing site for photovoltaic solar materials and renewable energy products in Hefei High-tech Park. The new plant, 3M Materials Technologies (Hefei) Co., will produce a variety of products at the new facility, including 3M Scotchshield Film, an advanced solar backside barrier film used in crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic modules. The project will be 3M’s ninth manufacturing facilit...

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