Meyer Burger has successfully concluded a contract of over CHF 30 million for wire saws with an existing customer in Asia. The wire saws are scheduled to be delivered during 2011.
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that the group member MB Wafertec (Meyer Burger Ltd) successfully concluded a contract for the supply of slurry based wire saws with an existing customer in Asia. Meyer Burger is proud to have received the confidence of this customer again. The company considers this as proof for its strategy to maintain long-term and co-operative customer relationships.
With its integrated systems, high-tech equipment and process know-how, Meyer Burger supports its customers to continuously reduce the total cost of ownership across the entire PV value-chain.
Further information:
Werner Buchholz
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel +41 (0) 33 439 05 06
w.buchholz@meyerburger.ch
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 the SIX Swiss Exchange (Ticker: MBTN).
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