Innovative Wet Chemical Process Lines Increase Throughput and Reduce Costs
Lotus Systems has received an order from a large German solar cell manufacturer to install fully automated wet chemical process lines for cell production. There was also an agreement to cooperate long term, and a total volume of more than €8 million is expected for the future. For more information about wet chemistry, see www.lotussystems.de/photovoltaic/wet-process-applications/ .
“Our innovative tool design decided it” says New Products Manager Hans Hauger, explaining how Lotus Systems beat out several other competitors. “We have incorporated new details everywhere - in input and output stations, cleaning, etching and drying. All together, this makes for extremely high productivity and conserves substances like water, electricity, and chemicals.” The first system will be installed in January 2010.
“The photovoltaics industry needs new ideas to meet future quantity and cost demands,” says Joachim Mink, founder and CEO of Lotus Systems. “Every factory is different. We do not just listen to our customers well; we also do our homework and deliver both innovation and absolute reliability. I personally make sure of that.”
Note
From September 21-24, 2009, Lotus Systems will be
appearing at the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy
Conference and Exhibition in Hamburg, Germany, at stand no. 57 in hall
B4G.
About Lotus Systems
Lotus
Systems GmbH was founded in 2001 and has already delivered over 500
systems to date. The special feature is the unique know-how of its
employees who have up to 35 years of experience in wet process
technology. Members of the current core team created the world’s first
automated production line for solar cells in 1989. Lotus Systems is
regarded a pioneer that was one of the first to transfer technical
expertise in semiconductor manufacturing to photovoltaic applications.
The company has 110 employees, worldwide service branches and an annual
turnover of 20 million euros. CEO Joachim Mink has been working in the
industry since 1987.
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