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Adept Technology, Inc. is a global, leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics systems and services. Adept systems provide unmatched performance and economic value throughout the production lifecycle, enabling customers to achieve precision, quality and productivity in their assembly, handling and packaging processes.

Alcatel Vacuum Technology is a leading global supplier of advanced vacuum solutions for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells manufacturing. With more than forty years of vacuum experience, and a long track record for the most advanced applications of the Semiconductor and FPD Industries, Alcatel offers to solar manufacturing a complete range of highly competitive vacuum products addressing crystalline silicon and emerging thin film applications requirements.

Alconox, Inc. manufactures a full line of critical cleaning detergents for a wide range of hard surface cleaning applications. Our detergents are sold throughout the United States and in over 40 countries worldwide. Please click here to receive our free whitepaper on The Significance of Critical Cleaning for Solar Module Fabrication.

By applying our four decades of thin film on silicon experience to the manufacturing of solar modules, the total volume of solar panels manufactured each year can be vastly increased.

ASYS SOLAR specializes in the metallization of solar cells and supplies single, dual and triple lane production lines. Offering throughput numbers of 1.200 to 4.600 cells per hour the new "ULTRAline" metallization line meets all customer demands at an outstanding value for money. The world's leading companies in the solar industry rely on the ASYS Group's uncompromising pursuit of quality. Our range of services includes automatic screen printers, optical breakage and automatic post-print inspection systems, drying furnaces, buffer systems, handling systems, laser edge isolation, cooling stations, cell testers and cell sorters. By the optimized print repeatability of +/- 12.5 µm at 6sigma it is furthermore possible to realize selective emitter or double front print applications. The new rotary table printer XSR1 offers the possibility to fill back side contacts in one print step.

Atlas, the world leader in material durability testing as it relates to weathering, is excited to help companies in the solar industry meet their product warranty and efficiency claims.

Established in 1987, Chemical Safety Technology (CST) launched design and manufacturing of cost effective chemical and slurry handling systems for the Semiconductor and Disk Manufacturing industries.  Since then, the California-based company has followed its initial successes with expanded capabilities, designing and manufacturing a variety of custom equipment for our customers’ unique applications.

Despatch is a company founded on innovation. Working hand-in-hand with our customers we have developed custom processing solutions that have influenced some of the world’s greatest technology breakthroughs over the last 100 years. Today we work with leading solar manufacturers to provide the technical expertise and innovative processing solutions necessary for improving efficiencies and driving down the cost of manufacturing photovoltaic cells.