Suntech and Q-Cells Champion Global Collaboration
 Dan Martin,
Executive VP, Photovoltaics
In December, SEMI announced that Zhengrong Shi, Ph.D., founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Suntech Power, and Gerhard Rauter, chief operating officer and member of the Executive Board of Q-Cells, have agreed to join our international board of directors. This was a historic milestone for the industry and underscores the importance of PV manufacturing to SEMI members.
The addition of Gerhard Rauter and Zhengrong Shi represents the first appointment of PV solar manufacturers to the SEMI board, and the first appointment of a SEMI Board member from China. Joining Professor Eicke R. Weber, Director, Fraunhofer-Institute for Solar Energy Systems on the board, these additions enhance the breadth and depth of the SEMI leadership expertise dedicated to global PV manufacturing and technology issues. SEMI is currently celebrating its 40th year of operation.
The new board member additions will strengthen the core PV Group agenda consisting of industry standards, technology roadmaps, open markets, sustainability, and industry advocacy. These activities require global perspectives and solutions and are essential to achieving long-term industry cost reduction goals and accelerating the path to grid parity. Industry standards need to be global to benefit world-class suppliers and customers from all parts of the world; technology targets, milestones and roadmaps are most effective when they focus scarce R&D dollars from around the globe on the critical performance issues common to leading PV technology segments; the PV supply chain needs to practice sustainable excellence, without regard to the location of plants, fabs and factories; and public policy and industry advocacy need to rely upon global best practices that assure open, healthy markets to be most effective.
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