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PublicSOLR
Date7/08
Raised
Post IPO Valuation$5M

General Information

Websitegtsolar.com
CategoryCleanTech
Phone16038835200
Emailinfo@gtsolar.com
Employees
Founded1994
DescriptionSolar Panel Production

Offices

People

President and CEO

Former People

Chief Financial Officer

Acquisitions

Funding

TOTAL $40M
FUNDING TOTAL $40M
Venture Round, 1/10
$40M

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GT Solar

GT Solar is involved design process and the equipment for the production of polysilicon and multi-crystalline ingots, the key materials used to produce solar cells and panels.

Recent Milestones

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    GT Solar — GT Solar Receives $81.7 Million in New Orders for Polysilicon Production Equipment and Technology (7/5/11)
    Posted 7/5/11 at 5:59pm via freshnews.com
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    GT Solar — hired 30 employees in Massachusetts since acquiring a Salem-based company in mid-2010, and plans to hire another 30 in the state by the end of the year (6/14/11)
    Posted 6/14/11 at 5:36am via masshightech.com
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    GT Solar — hired 30 employees in Massachusetts since acquiring a Salem-based company in mid-2010, and plans to hire another 30 in the state by the end of the year (6/14/11)
    Posted 6/14/11 at 5:37am via masshightech.com
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    GT Solar — GT Solar lands its largest order at $460M (6/3/11)
    Posted 6/5/11 at 5:46pm via masshightech.com
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    GT Solar — received its largest order to date for polysilicon production equipment and technology (5/18/11)
    Posted 5/19/11 at 4:57am via masshightech.com
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    GT Solar — received $91 million from three new orders for advanced sapphire crystallization furnaces, used in making solar cells (5/10/11)
    Posted 5/10/11 at 8:55am via masshightech.com
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    GT Solar — GT Solar nabs $219M LED tech order (4/27/11)
    Posted 4/27/11 at 5:26pm via masshightech.com
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    GT Solar — GT Solar Receives $41.6 Million Order for Sapphire Crystallization Furnaces from New Asia-Based Customer (2/27/11)
    Posted 2/27/11 at 8:43pm via freshnews.com
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    GT Solar — has received a $33.3 million order for sapphire crystallization systems (1/20/11)
    Posted 1/20/11 at 5:54am via masshightech.com
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    GT Solar — has won a $37.5 million order from South Korean company Nexolon Co. Ltd. for its equipment to grow the crystalline parts of solar cells and LEDs (1/7/11)
    Posted 1/10/11 at 7:00am via masshightech.com
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    GT Solar — has received a $47.3 million order for solar grade polysilicon production equipment (12/10/10)
    Posted 12/13/10 at 4:57am via masshightech.com
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    GT Solar — GT Solar takes in $84M in LED equipment orders (12/1/10)
    Posted 12/1/10 at 11:07am via masshightech.com
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    GT Solar — has reached an agreement to pay $203 million to re-purchase company stock from its private equity investors, in order to retire the shares (11/8/10)
    Posted 11/8/10 at 11:15am via masshightech.com
  • Handshake
    GT Solar acquired Crystal Systems. (7/30/10)
    Posted 12/8/10 at 10:01pm via reuters.com
  • Dollar
    GT Solar received $40M in Venture Round funding. (1/19/10)
    Posted 1/20/10 at 1:27am via masshightech.com
  • Stock
    Went public with stock symbol SOLR. (7/23/08)
    Posted 6/15/09 at 1:06pm

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Uploaded: 6/15/09

Stock Price

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  1. GT Solar to buy Crystal Systems, eyes LED market (reuters.com) [edit]
  2. GT Solar pulls in $40M in Chinese solar tech orders (masshightech.com) [edit]
  3. GT Solar buying, retiring $203M in company stock (masshightech.com) [edit]
    Mass High Tech (masshightech.com) [edit]
    GT Solar lands $47M reactor order (masshightech.com) [edit]
    GT Solar nabs $37M equipment order from Nexolon (masshightech.com) [edit]
    GT Solar snags $33M LED equipment order (masshightech.com) [edit]
    GT Solar Receives $41.6 Million Order for Sapphire Crystallization Furnaces from New Asia-Based Customer (freshnews.com) [edit]
    GT Solar nabs $219M LED tech order (masshightech.com) [edit]
    GT Solar scores $91M from three solar tech customers (masshightech.com) [edit]
    GT Solar rakes in another order from South Korea (masshightech.com) [edit]
    GT Solar lands its largest order at $460M (masshightech.com) [edit]
    GT Solar grows Salem facility, workforce (masshightech.com) [edit]
    GT Solar grows Salem facility, workforce (masshightech.com) [edit]
    GT Solar Receives $81.7 Million in New Orders for Polysilicon Production Equipment and Technology (freshnews.com) [edit]
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