A key supplier to the Changzhou plant of photovoltaic (PV) product manufacturer Trina Solar is to establish a production facility next door to its client. Beijing Hua Mei Dazheng Technology signed an agreement with Changzhou National High Tech District to build a production facility adjacent to Trina Solar’s manufacturing facility.

Construction will start in the second half of 2009, with production expected to begin in the first half of next year. Beijing Hua Mei was one of the first PV glass companies to be established in China and it has supplied Trina Solar since 2007.

Jifan Gao, Trina Solar’s chairman and CEO, said the investment showed that Changzhou in Jiangsu province is fast becoming a hub for China’s solar PV industry.