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Suntech Power is the world’s largest maker of solar cells and panels. It reached this position through a combination of clever advances in manufacturing equipment with judicious use of cheap labor. Workers solder electrical connections to solar cells, so that they can be strung together to make solar panels. Suntech has equipment that can automate this step, but the machines break more cells than workers do, so it’s typically done by hand.
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Suntech Power is the world’s largest maker of solar cells and panels. It reached this position through a combination of clever advances in manufacturing equipment with judicious use of cheap labor. Workers solder electrical connections to solar cells, so that they can be strung together to make solar panels. Suntech has equipment that can automate this step, but the machines break more cells than workers do, so it’s typically done by hand.