3S Modultec client KISCO starts module production in record time
With the help of 3S Swiss Solar Systems, a member of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd [Ticker: MBTN], the Korean solar company, KISCO has completed the certification of its module production in Korea within a period of just a few weeks. This means that KISCO has not only achieved production start-up but also certification in record time.
Since mid-March, KISCO has been producing highly efficient, crystalline solar modules on a newly installed 65MW production line from 3S Modultec. Once it was up and running, the production process was successfully inspected by TÜV Rheinland barely six months after signing the contract. KISCO has benefitted from, among other things, the certification service offered by 3S, which has already been successfully implemented in a number of projects by 3S Modultec in conjunction with TÜV Rheinland. With this fast and tried-and-tested process, along with the service package tailored to the company’s requirements, KISCO has saved valuable months in reduced time-to-market.
Know-how transfer and service package for a rapid and successful ramp-up
The production line was sold with a comprehensive service package: certification service and know-how transfer, together with on-site training for staff, thus enabling the client to begin supplying high-quality, certified modules within a short period of time.
A versatile, rapid market launch with integrated 3S Modultec production lines
3S Modultec production lines are modular and can be extended with little outlay and without interrupting production. The perfectly coordinated range of 3S Modultec production lines from a one-stop shop combined with unique certification support and comprehensive process training forms an ideal basis for comprehensive project completion in the shortest possible time, which is particularly important to clients such as SPEC, who want to launch initial production at the lowest possible risk. The 3S Modultec integrated production solution improves time-to-market and cuts the TCO for production across the entire value-added chain for high-performance solar panels.
About KISCO/GETWATT
www.getwatt.co.kr
KISCO is a Korean company that has been successfully developing and producing steel products for over 50 years.Since 2008, the company has also been active in the solar industry under the brand name “Getwatt”. Up until now, KISCO’s Solar Division has been producing solar modules for the Asian and European markets using thin-film technology on a 20MW production line. By expanding its production capacity for crystalline solar modules, the company is pursuing its goal of becoming a significant player in the international PV industry. They plan to gradually step up their future activities in the solar business, in order to supply an increasing number of international customers with high quality solar modules.
Kontakt 3S Swiss Solar Systems AG:
Dr. Anja Knaus
3S Swiss Solar Systems AG
Head of Communications
fon +41(0)32 391 1136 fax +41(0)32 391 1112
anja.knaus@3-s.ch
www.3s-pv.ch, www.3-s.ch
About 3S Swiss Solar Systems Ltd.
www.3s-pv.ch, www.3-s.ch
3S Swiss Solar Systems has for years been the world's technological market leader for production plant for the manufacture of solar modules. With integrated production lines and fully automatic laminating lines from the Swiss company, module manufacturers worldwide today produce photovoltaic modules of the highest quality. The equipment for solar module producers is now being marketed under the brand name of 3S Modultec.
Under the newly introduced brand, 3S Photovoltaics, the company also develops and produces trend-setting, building-integrated solar systems, specialising in solar modules for roofs, facades and shading solutions. Solar modules from the factory in Lyss are the perfect synthesis of a robust, weatherproof building shell and efficient, environmentally friendly energy production.
3S Swiss Solar Systems with the brands of 3S Modultec – Module Solutions and 3S Photovoltaics – Solar Building Technologies is a subsidiary of Meyer Burger Technology AG.
About Meyer Burger Technology Ltd
www.meyerburger.com
Meyer Burger is one of the world’s leading providers of innovative systems and production lines for photovoltaics in the solar industry, and for the semiconductor and optics industries. Highly efficient wafers made from silicon, sapphire or other crystals are required in these three markets to manufacture solar modules, switching circuits or high-performance LEDs. The group’s core competences encompass a broad range of machines, production processes and systems that are used for the production of high quality wafers, for the inspection and measurement of solar cells, for laminating, soldering and testing of solar modules and for building-integrated solar systems. Meyer Burger Group covers the most important technology steps in the value chain of photovoltaics with its products and solutions portfolio. The Group’s comprehensive range of products includes a worldwide service network with wear and tear parts, consumables, re-grooving services, process know-how, servicing, after-sales service, training and other services. As a globally active company, the Group is represented in Europe, Asia and North America in the respective key markets and has over 1,200 employees as of year-end 2010.
Meyer Burger has its headquarters and the production facility of MB Wafertec (Meyer Burger Ltd) in Switzerland, while the group companies, Meyer Burger Automation GmbH, Hennecke Systems GmbH and AMB Apparate + Maschinenbau GmbH have their headquarters and production facilities in Germany. Diamond Materials Tech, Inc. has its headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO, USA. The production facilities of 3S Modultec, 3S Photovoltaics and Pasan are also located in Switzerland, while Somont is located in Germany. Meyer Burger Group has also subsidiaries and own service centres in Germany, Norway, Spain, USA, China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and India. In other important markets, the company relies on selected independent agents. The registered shares of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange (Ticker: MBTN).
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