GT Solar Receives $81.7M in New Orders for Polysilicon Production Equipment and Technology

GT Solar International, Inc. SOLR today announced that it has received orders from two new customers in Asia for polysilicon production equipment totaling $81.7 million. The recent orders include GT's hydrochlorination equipment used for the production of TCS as well as other polysilicon production equipment. The orders will be included in GT Solar's backlog for its first quarter of FY12, which ended on July 2, 2011.