<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>In 2002, Kyocera cut off American distributors shortly after hosting their distributor visit to Japan. Kyocera started shipping everything they could to Germany where they were getting over $1/W more than in the US. BP Solar also cut off American distributors. Remember BP distributor Mark Weidhaas in Temecula? Photowatt also cut off American distributors. Remember Bernard Stuart in Albuquerque? I'm sure wrenches can think of other foreign manufacturers that left us high and dry.</DIV>
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<DIV>PV manufacturing is nowhere near maxed out. PV industry manufacturing capacity utilization is now around 60%.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Keith Cronin <electrichi01@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, May 18, 2010 10:59:04 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV>I've heard alot of manu's are struggling or will be struggling to meet demand this year- SunPower, Canadian and now it seems Kyocera.</DIV>
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<DIV>Who is next?</DIV>
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<DIV>Seems like 2006 all over again.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Steven Lawrence <SLawrence@smartenergygroup.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> "re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, May 18, 2010 7:51:51 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera<BR></FONT><BR>It's the same thing here. They aren't taking any large orders from us. <BR><BR>Steven Lawrence<BR>NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer(tm)<BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 18:22:27 -0700<BR>From: i2p <<A href="mailto:i2p@aol.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:i2p@aol.com">i2p@aol.com</A>><BR>To: "List for complaining about anything RE."<BR> <<A href="mailto:re-bitching@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:re-bitching@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-bitching@lists.re-wrenches.org</A>><BR>Cc: <A href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</A><BR>Subject: [RE-wrenches] Whats with Kyocera?<BR>Message-ID: <<A href="mailto:A1E17F2D.C667.4A0B.80D8.4725C33305E2@aol.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:A1E17F2D.C667.4A0B.80D8.4725C33305E2@aol.com">A1E17F2D.C667.4A0B.80D8.4725C33305E2@aol.com</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR><BR>Without any word, they have stopped taking orders.! Not only could they not fulfill an immediate need, they refused to even take a pretty nice order for future delivery.????<BR><BR><BR>Who is still getting Kyocera? Whats the deal.? Are they dumping the small accounts??<BR><BR>If you are still doing business with Kyocera, what size orders are you placing.? Not looking
for biz intelligence here, just respond as small , medium or large.<BR><BR>Thanks for comments and information. Just trying to figure out where to go from here. Like I'm looking for a supplier who treats smaller shops with some respect. My comments do not reflect on my salesperson at Kyocera who is very upset by being forced to refuse orders.<BR><BR>Don Loweburg<BR>Offline Solar<BR><BR>*******************************************<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<BR><BR>List Address: <A href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</A><BR><BR>Options & settings:<BR><SPAN>http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN>List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</SPAN><BR><BR>List rules &
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