Changzhou Better Film to invest US$ 125m in 20GW EVA manufacturing facility

• Encapsulant provider Changzhou Better Film is to invest RMB800 million (US$ 125 million) right into establishing 20GW of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) production in the Chinese city of Chuzhou.

At a finalizing ceremony for the investment hung on 10 January, guests discussed "deepening the growth and participation of the photovoltaic film industry" with other markets of the power industry.

The growth is to strengthen the solar industry's supply of the encapsulant, an essential part for module production, amidst worries of EVA supply coming to be a traffic jam as solar wafer, cell as well as module manufacturing capacity increases.

The thermoplastic polymer encapsulant is presently a bottleneck in solar PV module production, according to unscientific evidence on the ground, as well as the new center will certainly therefore go someway in helping to alleviate a reported lack.

Module suppliers LONGi, JinkoSolar and also Suntech have manufacturing centres in Chuzhou as well as, "as a supporting enterprise of solar modules", Changzhou Better Film means to "provide full play to its very own benefits in modern technology", according to a business news releases.