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Apollo Solar Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
The firm has employed Jingong Pan to further develop the renewable energy industry in China.
Apollo Solar Energy, a leading vertically integrated miner, refiner and producer of high purity tellurium (Te), tellurium-based compounds and other metals for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry and specific segments of the electronic materials market worldwide, has appointed Jingong Pan as its Chief Executive Officer.
Pan will be entitled to receive an annual base salary of RMB 660,000 and has been granted options to acquire 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock which will vest in equal annual installments over the thirty-six month period.
Pan, aged 45, has been a member of the Company’s board of directors since March 2010 and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. From 2000 to 2002, Pan served as a General Manager of Flaming Sun (USA) Corp., and from 1997 to 2000, served as VP of Anton USA (Bank of China Group). Pan received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Masters degrees from the Harbin Institute of Technology and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
“We are very pleased to appoint Dr. Pan as our new Chief Executive Officer,” Zhiming Cao, chairman of the nomination committee of board of the Company commented, “since Dr. Pan has tremendous knowledge about solar PV industry and an excellent record of management experience in both China and US. We expect Dr. Pan will play a leading role in the Company and promote Apollo’s management to a new level.”
“I’m also very pleased to take the position of Chief Executive Officer of Apollo,” Jingong Pan stated. “It is an honor to work with Apollo in further developing the renewable energy industry in China. I selected Apollo as a strategic partner for my career development because I believe Apollo is a pioneer in the thin film solar PV section with significant resources, technologies and network.”
Apollo Solar Energy, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Sichuan Apollo Solar Science and Technology is primarily engaged in mining, refining and producing high purity tellurium (Te), tellurium- based compounds and other metals for thin film solar PV industry as well as for specific segments of the electronic materials market. The Company’s products include CdTe thin-film compounds, CIGS thin-film compounds, ultra- high purity metals and commercial-purity metals.
Ultrasonic Systems launches PV-480 system for CdTe
module coating applications Ultrasonic Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of high- performance ultrasonic spray coating equipment, announces the release of its PV-480 system for CdTe module coating applications. The PV- 480 leverages USI’s proprietary, nozzle-less ultrasonic spray head technology for thinner, more uniform coating deposition vs. conventional spray technologies. Optimized for high-volume, in-line manufacturing, the PV-480 can process glass plates up to 48 inches wide at speeds of up to six feet per minute.
The PV-480 delivers liquid coating with transfer efficiencies in excess of 90%, utilizing a traversing Ultra-Spray® blade head. This versatile system is ideal for the application of cadmium chloride
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