Trina Solar Limited announced the launch of operations at its new manufacturing facility in Thailand. The company also announced that it has signed a financing facilities agreement for an aggregate amount of approximately $143 million with a consortium of banks led by The Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited (SCB). The manufacturing facility, located in Rayong, Thailand, has entered production using the company's "Honey" high-efficiency assembly line method. Annualized production capacity for modules at the facility is 500 MW, and could be further ramped up to over 600 MW depending on overseas market demand. Annualized production capacity for cells is 700 MW. So far, the facility has achieved every milestone on schedule, from groundbreaking to production to serving the company's overseas markets, which is expected to occur by the end of March.

To finance the capital expenditure of the new production facility, the company has signed a syndicated loan agreement for a total of $100 million with SCB and China Minsheng Banking Corporation Ltd. In addition, according to the agreement, the company has been granted a line of credit by SCB for THB 1.53 billion (approximately $43 million), which will be used for working capital.