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Nanometrics enters photovoltaics market with acquisition of Tevet
08 May 2008
Nanometrics said in a brief statement that it had acquired Tevet Process Control Technologies, an Israeli based film thickness integrated metrology (IM) tool supplier. The deal was an all-cash transaction but further details were not disclosed.
Read more >>Solar Semiconductor secures cell supply from Motech
07 May 2008
Solar Semiconductor, a rapidly growing producer of high-quality photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced a strategic partnership with Motech Industries, Inc., a premium cell manufacturer. This multi-year strategic partnership is for the supply of approximately 120MW of cells.
Read more >>Sunovia set to take on First Solar in two years?
01 May 2008 | Comments (2)
Sunovia announced yesterday that it had completed its next round of financing and was devoting these resources to the company’s plans for manufacturing CdTe solar cells. More than $25 million has been invested into the companies' core CdTe research, development and design for the high-throughput CdTe-based manufacturing facility. Sunovia’s move to mainstream commercial solar is a departure from its
background as a supplier of niche solar products for NASA and the
military.
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New Product: Surfect’s ‘Solargy’ offers high performance metal interconnect for solar cells
27 March 2008
Product Briefing Outline: Surfect Technologies has launched Solargy, the industry’s first programmable plating computer for solar applications. Capable of accommodating combinations of 125, 156 and 210mm size cells, Solargy’s Direct Energy Plating technology is claimed to offer significantly reduced plating costs, while improving manufacturing speed and yield.
Read more >>New Product: Momentive Performance Materials offers PBN for thermal stability in CIGS manufacturing
24 October 2007
Product Briefing Outline:
Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. recently launched a new product
line of Pyrolytic Boron Nitride (PBN) crucibles, heaters and coatings
to consider for the enhancement of the production of CIGS (copper,
indium, gallium, selinide) solar cells.
Read more >>New Product: AE’s Paramount RF-power delivery system has network analyzer type accuracy
05 July 2007
Product Briefing Outline: Advanced Energy Industries
has introduced its latest power platform: the ‘Paramount’ RF-power
delivery system. A key aspect of the new platform is power-delivery
accuracy and control for increasingly complex film stacks and fine
feature sizes. The 3kW Paramount system is well suited for both etch
and deposition processes in semiconductor, FPD, MEMS and solar
photovoltaic manufacturing.
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