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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.

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.

dr. schwab IT is a worldwide operating company developing inspection systems for High-Tech industrial applications. dr. schwab IT´s main focus is research and development of complete solutions covering all aspects of the production process. Flexible in-line and off-line systems are developed and tailored for the requirements of production environments and research departments. dr. schwab IT provides innovative systems for automated quality assurance, monitoring and optimization of every process step.

Jonas & Redmann is a leading supplier of automation and quality inspection systems. The world's largest manufacturers of crystalline silicon solar cells put their faith in the firm's two decades of experience in the construction of special- purpose machinery. Gentle material handling systems, high precision positioning technology and integrated quality control systems support the continuous optimization of solar cell production.

KLA-Tencor Corporation is the world’s leading supplier of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related nanoelectronics industries, as well as the worldwide market leader for metrology and inspection solutions in the photovoltaic and back-end semiconductor markets. The current KLA-Tencor’s PV portfolio consists of both surface profilers and solar wafer and cell inspection modules which are integrated in different stages of the solar wafer and cell production lines to increase yield and lower production costs.

Newport is the world’s leading supplier of innovative photonic solutions to Make, Manage, and Measure LightSM. Our extensive product portfolio includes brands the industry trusts for performance and value; Spectra-Physics® Lasers, Corion® Filters, Richardson Gratings and Oriel® Instruments.

Roth & Rau was founded in 1990 as a surface coating processes company. For almost 10 years, Roth & Rau has been operating in the division of photovoltaics and is one of the worldwide leading providers of production equipment for the manufacture of crystalline silicon solar cells. The company produces systems for solar cells' antireflective coating.