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New TempoTM platform enables high-volume manufacturing of high-efficiency solar cell designs 

Supports industry’s highest cell throughput and yield to deliver lowest cost of ownership solution

SHANGHAI, China, April 28, 2015 –Jinneng Clean Energy Technology Limited ( hereinafter referred to as "JINERGY" ) today announced that it has selected Applied materials' new Tempo™ Metallization platform for its ability to manufacture high-efficiency cell designs in a low cost-of-ownership, high throughout solution. Designed to advance the state-of-the-art in cell manufacturing, the Tempo platform supports Applied's unique Fine Line Double Print™ (FLDP) technology that can help customers increase solar conversion efficiencies and achieve high yield. Founded in 2013, Jinergy operates a solar manufacturing facility located in China's Shanxi province with an annual capacity of 500MW of solar cells and 600MW of module production. 

"As a new PV module supplier entering a competitive market, it is very important to use manufacturing technologies that allow us to rapidly achieve high productivity and yields at low cost," said Dr. Yang Liyou, CEO of Jinergy, "Jinergy selected the Tempo platform due to the combination of its superior throughput, precision and cost. The tool allowed us a smooth and fast ramp, from tool move-in to full production in less than eight weeks. With the help of Tempo platform, we've achieved 18.2% of average conversion efficiency in multi-crystalline solar cells and reached the highest record of 18.6% so far."

"We are very pleased our Tempo platform was selected by Jinergy to meet the production ramp target for their advanced cell architectures," said Jim Mullin, vice president and general manager of Solar Products for Applied Materials' Energy and Environmental Solutions Group. "With the PV industry continuing to be driven by a 10 watt per year 'efficiency clock,' cell manufacturers need to innovate and upgrade their technology at a rapid pace to improve efficiencies. Our new Tempo platform leverages Applied's expertise in precision materials engineering to meet the competitive cell performance and cost needs of our customers."

With the industry's 'efficiency clock' gaining momentum, the production-ready, high-throughput Tempo platform can reduce the time, risk and cost of implementing an advanced cell manufacturing solution. In addition to enabling customers to rapidly achieve volume production, the Tempo platform can be easily upgraded with FLDP technology to raise cell efficiencies, and it allows modules to be quickly added to expand processing capability. In today's demanding global solar environment, the technology innovations offered by the Tempo platform are needed to deliver a new level of precision and control to the manufacturing process that enable high yield and factory output at the industry’slowest overall cost of ownership. 

Jinergy is committed to becoming a world-leading solar product manufacturer as well as clean energy provider. Founded on December 31st 2013, Jinergy is under the clean energy business unit of Jinneng Group, an energy group ranked 309 in FORTUNE GLOBAL 500. Our goal is to become the world’s most competent PV manufacture and edge into the world's top 5% leading capacity. 

Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) is the global leader in precision materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries. Our technologies help make innovations like smartphones, flat screen TVs and solar panels more affordable and accessible to consumers and businesses around the world.