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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.

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.

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.

Eyelit’s mission has always been to deliver and support with world-class customer service, easy-to-use, high-quality manufacturing management solutions that increase productivity and worker performance and the bottom line for our customers. Originally an integration software provider, Eyelit leveraged deep production experience to develop an innovative technology that enabled any legacy MES to quickly connect to other factory and ERP systems.

Founded in 1960, the Grenzebach group is a global player with production facilities in Germany, the USA and China. Representation offices throughout the world offer close contacts and optimum service to our customers. With a staff of approximately 1500, Grenzebach designs, manufactures and delivers fabrication lines and components for the production and processing of flat glass and PV modules.

Prediktor has supplied Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) to the solar industry since 2002. MES solutions are used to optimize production processes, find and solve root causes of process deviations and make daily plant operation more efficient. Our MES solution and its powerful analysis tools is also very advantageous during production ramp-up, when quickly increasing the up-time and efficiency of equipment and the throughput and quality of products is crucial for success.

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.