The cut-and-dry precision inherent with Singulus's solar tooling equipment does not, the German firm has discovered, always translate too readily into the financial realm. Buoyed earlier this year by a large order from China National Building Materials (CNBM) for around €110 million ($125 million) of CIGS equipment, a later-than-expected order placement has meant that those figures must remain absent from official first half (H1) financials. The delay means that Singulus' order intake and backlog for H1 looks incredibly healthy; its gross sales, on the other hand, actually limped in below last year's figures. However, the general air ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...