Renewable Energy Conferences.com | Renewable Energy Events, Conferences, Exhibitions, Training and Seminars: Applied Materials backs solar inspection and quality-control startup Applied Materials backs solar inspection and quality-control startup ================================================================================ REC.com on 24/08/2010 18:15:00 Applied Materials is in the middle of restructuring its solar strategy. It recently called it quits on its SunFab line of equipment for thin-film solar cell manufacturing, cutting 500 jobs in the process.