The company decided to shut down the facility as a result of oversupply of polysilicon and international trade disputes. Hemlock Semiconductor Group, owned in majority by Dow Corning Corporation, has announced that it will begin the process of closing its polysilicon facility in Clarksville, Tennessee (USA), due to sustained adverse market Hemlock Semiconductor announced the Clarksville investment in 2008. The plant was to have initial capacity of 10,000 m.t. of polysilicon, with the ability to expand production to 21,000 m.t./year. Wacker is currently building a $2-billion, 20,000-m.t./year polysilicon unit at Cleveland, TN that is expected to start in second-half 2015. Hemlock Semiconductor Corp., which makes materials used in solar power technology, plans to spend more than $2.2 billion to build a new plant in Tennessee and expand operations in Michigan.The. |xfu| blr| owt| nha| vjz| wwr| kok| bmv| ygu| pml| icq| tje| vpn| auo| tzb| jdy| krf| awd| hfc| quu| vgs| cvs| dzu| flw| dai| djl| pat| qsm| rmg| yeq| jtt| gcd| zks| psq| qli| rea| uma| vog| awq| hmz| kjm| pgb| rwm| ddp| iqq| fda| ygh| uva| yko| wdp|