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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.

acp-IT merges all its expertise knowledge about manufacturing processes and state of the art IT technologies in the development and implementation  of  the InFrame Synapse MES software platform family. Our goal  is to provide a plug and play MES solution, which has been intensively tested by simulation and emulation of the virtual fab-model prior to implementation.

The modular MES InFrame Synapse offers our customers a solution, which grows with their needs and experience to accelerate the manufacturing learning curve. The range is spanned from a "Listening" tracking & tracing MES to a „Controlling" MES with full functionality.

The integrated workflow engine enables acp-IT to reduce project implementation times and costs and helps to perfectly adapt to the customers' needs. InFrame Synapse provides high scalability and reliability to support all photovoltaic manufacturing areas.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Atlumin engineers and manufactures materials for renewable energy, specifically for thin-film solar manufacturers. We help solar module manufacturers improve their overall efficiency - supply chain, process, ramp-up, device, and administration - to reduce the cost of renewable energy, thereby accelerating adoption.

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.

Docter Optics is the world's leading company for molded optical glass components optical glass projection lenses (e.g. for automotive headlights). Docter Optics produces molded custom-designed secondary concentrators and other optical components for leading players in this new market.