Jul 27 2009
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations visited the world's largest thin film solar panel manufactured by Applied Materials' SunFab production line during a visit to the company's SunFab Solar Module Reliability Testing facility on Saturday.
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (center) stands in front of the world's largest thin film solar panel (5.7m2) with Barry Quan (left) and Gang Zou(right)
Mr. Ban toured Applied Materials’ state-of-the-art solar testing facility in Xi'an, China and met with executives including, Barry Quan the president of Applied Materials China Holding Company and Gang Zou the general manager of Applied Materials Xi'an, to discuss the company’s leadership in energy efficiency technologies that can help tackle climate change and help China accelerate its emission goals.