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2BG Srl is located in northeast Italy, near to Venice. Thanks to the company's 10 years' experience in the photovoltaic equipment branch, our firm offers products and integrated services all over the world: from standalone PV machine planning and realization to the development of solar module production equipment. The remarkable know-how is employed for proposing “on-demand” solutions, according to the different inquiries, assuring high automation levels and performance. Quality and reliability for each supply are warranted by the (certified and established in the market) raw materials selection and through the deep knowledge of the product trials.

3S Swiss Solar Systems was established in June 2002 as Swiss Sustainable Systems AG. The company’s purpose when founded was to produce top quality solar modules for integration in building construction. During the first year of trading, management recognised that the substantial specialist knowledge it had available on the manufacturing of solar modules could also be applied to the development of production lines. On this background, the company started work on the development of production lines for solar module manufacture, opening up a new business area.

AIS Automation Dresden with its more than 150 employees is a high-performance, innovative software house and a long-term reliable partner for its customers since 1990. AIS is active in the business fields Manufacturing Automation/System Integration, Control Systems/Host Interfaces, Process Automation/System Control and Control Systems/Software Solutions for Railway Technology. New innovative markets such as MES for the solar industry are the basis for continual and prosperous company growth. Many years of experience in the field of complex control systems and production oriented IT solutions are the basis for versatile and demanding software solutions in the semiconductor, photovoltaic, automotive, pharmaceutical and railway industries.

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.

Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience – all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient. Camstar is the largest in its market, including solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management, and manufacturing intelligence.

Cookson Electronics Solar Materials is a Global manufacturer of innovative PV cell metallization and module assembly products for the solar industry. We supply solutions to today's photovoltaic assembly challenges using our world class process knowledge and applications expertise.

Danfoss Solar Inverters offers a comprehensive range of grid-connected inverters for residential, commercial and power plant solar energy applications. The product range also includes solutions for monitoring the solar system in order to achieve optimal energy output and return on investment.

Founded in 1984, Datapaq, a Fluke company, has joined Ircon and Raytek as Global Experts in Temperature Measurement & Profiling. Datapaq manufactures in-process temperature profiling systems that provide key information on the effectiveness of industrial heating processes. Using the most advanced and tested techniques for accurately gathering and storing information, Datapaq has created industry specific standards to analyze, synthesize and report information in a precise and succinct manner.

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.

Edwards is the world's leading provider of innovative vacuum and exhaust gas treatment products for the Solar, Flat Panel, and Semiconductor Industries. Our global install base is a testimonial of solar manufacturers all over the world relying upon Edwards' leading edge products, technological expertise, and global service support to achieve lowest cost per watt.

Evans Analytical Group (EAG), with its wide array of analysis techniques and world-class scientists, can provide fast, state-of-the-art measurements that can give you the insight you need to improve your products and manufacturing processes. EAG serves photovoltaic companies worldwide by providing advanced materials characterization services to help improve knowledge of both materials and processes.

EAG serves companies working in the following areas and with the following technologies: raw materials suppliers; suppliers, processors and users of single crystal silicon, multicrystalline silicon and polysilicon; thin film users and producers, including amorphous silicon, CdTe, CIGS and III-V structures.