On the eve of the "SOLAREX ISTANBUL 2025" in Istanbul, Turkey, a delegation from TW Solar's management team, including Wang Yaoyi, Deputy General Manager of TW Solar, Gu Feng, General Manager of Pengshan Company, and Xu Tao, General Manager of Chengdu Company, Liu Yifei, Director of the Cell Marketing Section of the PV Business Department of Tongwei Co., Ltd., along with the cell marketing team and quality team of TW Solar, visited Arçelik on April 8 for exchanges. Mehmet Evrim Şahin, Head of PV Module Production, Osman Osman, R&D Technical Supervisor, and Eren Berk Erdoğan, Senior Quality Management Engineer, along with their teams, warmly received the delegation. The two parties engaged in discussions on green energy cooperation, the promotion of cutting-edge technologies, and feedback on product needs, further solidifying the foundation for cooperation and promoting market synergy.

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Arçelik, a core subsidiary of the Koç Group and a leading Turkish home appliance manufacturer, has been actively responding to the trend of green and low-carbon development in recent years, accelerating its strategic layout in the field of renewable energy, and continuously promoting the transformation of solar energy applications and energy-saving manufacturing. Since 2022, Tongwei has been its sole supplier of high-efficiency battery cells, with close cooperation and a solid relationship, working together to promote the green manufacturing transformation and upgrade.

Scene of the meeting

During the symposium, both parties held in-depth dialogues around the theme of "Understanding the Market, Promoting Collaboration, and Seeking Common Development." The management team of TW Solar focused on introducing the cell panel capacity layout and technological evolution path, promoting large-rectangle battery cells and TNC 2.0 solutions, and elaborating on the advantages of the products, including high efficiency, low cost, and strong compatibility. The Arçelik team detailed its latest plans in PV manufacturing and highly praised Tongwei's product performance, output stability, and delivery capabilities.

Exchange session

During the technical exchange, both parties engaged in an in-depth discussion regarding efficient cell technology pathways. The Arçelik team expressed high recognition of the maturity and efficiency advantages of TOPCon technology, while also showing strong interest in the performance and cost-effectiveness benefits of TNC 2.0. The management team from TW Solar stated that TOPCon will remain a mainstream technological direction in the coming years, and they will continue to leverage their technological innovation advantages to promote the research and development of next-generation technologies, ensuring technological leadership and market competitiveness. Both parties agreed that Arçelik's and Tongwei's green development strategies are highly aligned, and they look forward to further deepening cooperation in areas such as high-efficiency products and market synergy.

During the visit, the management team from TW Solar toured Arçelik's intelligent manufacturing workshops and production lines, gaining an in-depth understanding of its production processes, quality management, and other aspects. They also conducted targeted discussions on product performance enhancement and subsequent collaboration.

This visit was not only an exchange to deepen cooperation but also a field visit to get closer to customers, listen to their voices, and understand the market. Through research and face-to-face communication, the TW Solar's management team further understood the actual needs of customers in terms of product performance, quality control, process adaptation, and other aspects, providing an important reference for continuously optimizing product performance, improving service response, and strengthening quality assurance. In the future, TW Solar will continue to uphold the concept of "customer first, value co-creation", and work with global partners, including Arçelik, to continuously explore better solutions for the high-quality development of green energy and jointly paint a new picture of a zero-carbon future.