Dr. Immo Kötschau has joined centrotherm
photovoltaics AG as Director of Research and Development for the
company’s new R&D center in Blaubeuren, Germany. He joins the
company from the Hahn-Meitner Institute (HMI) in Berlin, where he
worked on thin-film process development.

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Dr. Kötschau has a doctorate from the Institut für Physikalische Elektronik (IPE) in Stuttgart.

centrotherm photovoltaics AG is a supplier of turnkey production lines and key equipment to the PV industry.

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