GT Solar seeks to reassure market after loss of LDK orders

marketwatch.com     Jul 25, 2008            

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of GT Solar Inernational Inc. fell as much as 17% Friday to $12 on news that LDK Solar Co. , one of its clients, had decided to buy multi- and monocrystalline furnaces from China-based rival JYT Corp. The move prompted GT Solar to issue a statement aimed at reassuring shareholders. "This announcement by LDK does not in any way impact GT Solar's backlog, nor do we believe it will have any effect on our internal targets or projections," GT Solar CFO Bob Woodbury said. GT Solar, which provides equipment and services needed to make photovoltaic wafers and cells, debuted as a publicly traded company on Thursday, raising $500 million through a 30.3-million-share IPO priced at $16.50... [read full story]                    

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LDK Signs Contract to Purchase JYT Furnaces (PR Newswire)

yahoo.com     Jul 25, 2008          

XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd ("LDK Solar"; NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, announced today that it has signed a contract to...                    

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LDK Solar Purchases Production Equipment from Chinese Company

azonano.com     Jul 25, 2008          

LDK Solar Co., Ltd , a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, announced today that it has signed a contract to purchase production equipment from China-based JYT Corporation. Under this contract, LDK Solar will...                    

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GT Solar International, Inc. Comments on LDK Relationship (Business Wire)

yahoo.com     Jul 25, 2008          

MERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR - News ) today issued the following statement concerning the announcement by LDK Solar that it has signed a contract to purchase JYT multicrystalline...                    

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GT Solar seeks to reassure market after loss of LDK orders (at MarketWatch)

yahoo.com     Jul 25, 2008          

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of GT Solar Inernational Inc. fell as much as 17% Friday to $12 on news that LDK Solar Co. , one of its clients, had decided to buy multi- and monocrystalline furnaces from China-based...                    

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GT Solar Tumbles 15% on 2nd Day of Trading After LDK Signs Contract

tmcnet.com     Jul 25, 2008          

Boston, Jul 25, 2008 (MidnightTrader via COMTEX News Network) -- GT Solar International (SOLR) sank on its second day of trading as concern spread after a client signed a contract with a Chinese competitor. LDK Solar (LDK) said...                    

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GT Solar Shares Get Battered After Nasdaq Debut [Earth2Tech]

gigaom.com     Jul 25, 2008          

Man, silicon solar gear maker GT Solar has been having a rough couple of days. Shares of the company, which priced at $16.50 for their stock market debut yesterday, closed down almost 12 percent. But the stock lost even more...                    

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GT Solar Shares Get Battered After Nasdaq Debut

alternative-energy-news.info     Jul 25, 2008          

Man, silicon solar gear maker GT Solar has been having a rough couple of days. Shares of the company, which priced at $16.50 for their stock market debut yesterday, closed down almost 12 percent. But the stock lost even more...                    

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UPDATE - GT Solar down, says LDK Solar deal no impact (at Reuters)

yahoo.com     Jul 26, 2008          

NEW YORK (Reuters) - GT Solar International Inc (SOLR.O: ), which saw its shares go down nearly 15 percent in afternoon trading on Friday, issued a statement saying news that one of its major clients had signed a contract with...                    

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GT Solar IPO Off to a Cloudy Start (at TheStreet.com)

yahoo.com     Jul 27, 2008          

It's been a dark beginning for GT Solar'sSOLR long-awaited market debut, unless you're one of the company's pre-IPO investors. GT Solar's stock fell 12% on its first day of trading Thursday with more than 20 million shares...                    

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China In-Focus: LDK Solar Agrees To Purchase Equipment From JYT

tmcnet.com     Jul 27, 2008          

July 25, 2008 (FinancialWire) LDK Solar Co. Ltd (NYSE: LDK) (Current Market Cap. US$3.45 Bil.) has signed a contract to purchase production equipment from China-based JYT Corp. Under this contract, LDK Solar will purchase...                    

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