Hangzhou First Applied Material Co., Ltd.

Chinese maker of solar panel films and electronic materials

What Hangzhou First Applied Material does

Hangzhou First Applied Material makes specialty materials, best known for the clear films that seal and protect the cells inside solar panels. It also makes backsheets for solar modules, light-sensitive films used to make circuit boards, and the aluminum-plastic film that wraps batteries. It sells these products in China and exports them abroad.

How Hangzhou First Applied Material makes money

It makes most of its money by making and selling photovoltaic encapsulant films and backsheets to solar module manufacturers. It also sells electronic materials such as dry-film photoresist, functional films, and coating materials, and earns smaller amounts from solar power generation systems and investment activities.

Products & services

• PV encapsulant films (EVA, POE, co-extrusion)
• Photovoltaic backsheets
• Dry film photoresist
• Flexible copper clad laminates and photoimageable coverlay
• Aluminum plastic film for batteries
• Membrane support fabric