Meyer Burger wins another important contract in the European solar industry. The customer, NorSun AS, is putting its trust in Meyer Burger’s wafer technology systems for the construction of a completely new 130 megawatt mono-crystalline silicon wafer factory. The order, amounting to approximately CHF 18 million, includes the complete production chain for ID/OD, band and wire saws. The first systems will be delivered in the first quarter of 2008 with the option of further wire saws in a total amount of over CHF 7 million to be delivered from early 2009 onwards.
Meyer Burger Technology AG (SWX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that the company had concluded with NorSun AS a contract to supply ID/OD, band and wire saws. NorSun AS is planning to build its first mono-crystalline silicon wafer factory with a production capacity of 130 megawatt in the first phase in Ardal, Norway. In addition to the complete production chain for ID/OD, band and wire saws, NorSun AS will also deploy – a market first - Meyer Burger’s automatic gluing station within the manufacturing process for mono-crystalline silicon wafers. This unit is unique in the solar industry and provides NorSun AS with an efficient and integrated process sequence.
NorSun AS intends to become a leading company in the international solar industry for the manufacture of mono-crystalline ingots and wafers. Jon Hindar, NorSun CEO says: “Meyer Burger is a progressive and innovative company with strong customer orientation. We are convinced that we have found in Meyer Burger the right partner for achieving our strategic goals”.
In addition to supplying ID/OD, wire and band saws, Meyer Burger shall also set up a dedicated service office in Norway manned by its staff to provide quality assurance of the servicing and process sequences.
“The fact that Meyer Burger is now also represented with NorSun in manufacturing high-grade mono-crystalline silicon in Norway is a great success” stated Peter Pauli, Meyer Burger’s CEO. “We are pleased to be able to support NorSun AS in the future in achieving its strategic goals and its quality requirements with our process expertise and our systems”.
About Meyer Burger Technology Ltd
http://www.meyerburger.ch/
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd is a leading and globally active technology group for innovative systems and processes for cutting and handling crystalline and other high-grade materials.
The machines, competences and technologies of the different companies in the group are used in the solar industry (photovoltaics), semi-conductor and optical industry. The thinnest 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 are made up of a whole range of production processes, machines and systems that are used within the value chain in the manufacture of high quality wafers. The comprehensive range of products is complemented by a worldwide service network with wear and tear parts, consumables, re-grooving service, 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.
Meyer Burger has its headquarters and the production facility of Meyer Burger Ltd in Switzerland, while the group companies, Meyer Burger Automation GmbH, Hennecke Systems GmbH and and AMB Apparate + Maschinenbau GmbH, have their headquarters and production facilities in Germany. The group also has subsidiaries and own service centres in Germany, Norway, China and Japan, which all are represented by its own staff on-site. In Taiwan and the USA, Meyer Burger works with independent sales and service partners that are part of Meyer Burger’s global service network. In other important countries the company relies on selected independent agents. Meyer Burger generated net sales of CHF 455 million in fiscal year 2008 and employed more than 630 staff worldwide as of year end 2008.
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