Renewable Energy Corporation AS (Norway)

In 2005, Renewable Energy Corporation AS (REC) (www. recgroup. com) took over Komatsu’s US subsidiary, Advanced Silicon Materials LLC (ASiMI), and announced the formation of its silicon division business area, REC Silicon Division, comprising the operations of ASiMI and REC Solar Grade Silicon LLC (SGS). Production capacity at the end of 2012 was around 22400 metric tons and according to the company, a total of 21405 metric tons of polysilicon, of which 18791 metric tons were electronic-grade silicon, was produced in 2012.