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July 8, 2008
Burnaby,
BC, Canada: Day4 Energy Increases Production Capacity
Day4
Energy has successfully completed the first phase of its aggressive
manufacturing expansion. The new Phase I production equipment
installed in the Company's Burnaby production facilities adds
35 megawatts of production capacity to its current production
line. The Phase I expansion is approximately 25 percent larger
than the expansion originally planned by the Company and increases
total current annual production capacity to 47 MW, four times
the Company's Q4 2007 capacity of 12 MW.
The
Company's Phase II expansion, which calls for an additional 50
MW of production capacity, is now well underway driven by continued
international partner and customer demand for Day4 Energy's advanced
solar products.
"We
had two core objectives for Phase I: expanding production to meet
demand and completion of the industrial scale-up of our proprietary
manufacturing process. I am proud to report that we have successfully
achieved both objectives," said George Rubin, president of Day4
Energy. "Quickly increasing our production capabilities four-fold
was critical to meeting our customer fulfillment objectives against
our backlog. This expansion gives us the latest generation tools
and manufacturing lines that we need to respond to the high demand
for our products. With the latest generation of our production
equipment we have successfully implemented full automation of
the Day4 Electrode manufacturing process thus completing industrial
scale-up of our proprietary technology. We are now in position
to move forward with global scale expansion, which includes an
accelerated implementation of the third party manufacturing strategy."
Neil
Lang, who recently joined Day4 Energy as chief operating officer
added, "Day4 Energy embarked on an ambitious growth strategy for
2008, and I am pleased to report our progress is on schedule.
With our Phase I expansion now complete, our immediate focus is
on production ramp-up. We have already initiated production on
the first part of the line and are looking to bring the rest of
the equipment on-line in short order. "
The
new production line features the latest generation of Day4 Energy's
proprietary production equipment, including a full automation
of the Company's manufacturing process for the Day4 Electrode.
The patented Day4 Electrode, an innovative approach to module
construction that directly replaces decades-old soldering methods,
is the Company's next generation platform for PV module manufacturing
and is now scaled for large volume roll-out.
By
improving connections to and between photovoltaic cells, the Day4
Electrode produces quality solar electric products with higher
performance, longer lifetime, improved aesthetics and lower cost.
Additionally, the Day4 Electrode provides for entirely new and
innovative PV cell designs to be utilized providing greater power
and cost efficiencies previously unavailable to the industry.
Day4 Energy supplies its advanced solar modules to utility, commercial
and residential solar electric installations throughout North
America, Europe and Asia.
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