Sharp to make solar cells in Italy with Enel

Sharp Corp plans to establish jointly with Italy’s leading power utility Enel SpA a solar cell production venture in Italy and begin operating it in 2010, sources close to the matter said Thursday.The deal will help the Osaka-based electronics maker, the world’s No. 2 solar cell producer, significantly expand its output and secure its position in the business where competition is intensifying amid global warming, they said.