LEYBOLD OPTICS wins big order over 'turn-key' production line for thin film solar cells

Alzenau, August 29, 2007

LEYBOLD OPTICS, a leading global manufacturer of vacuum technology, has accepted a 42 m€ contract from Voltavis GmbH over a turn-key production line for solar modules based on silicon thin film solar cell technology.

The LEYBOLD OPTICS solar cell production line is based on a unique in-line concept offering an extremely streamlined process cycle for distinctly reduced production costs. The overall production line concept will be optimised for the silicon tandem cell technology showing a much greater potential for high cell efficiencies than the current single cell technology.

Revenues from this project will mainly be recognised in 2008 and will contribute considerably to the company’s intended future growth.

 

About LEYBOLD OPTICS

As a prominent manufacturer of vacuum coating systems and developer of processes for the thin film technology, LEYBOLD OPTICS is represented in thirteen countries worldwide. The main focus of our processing technologies is on evaporation, sputtering and plasma-assisted coating processes for 3D-Coating, Web, Display, Glass, Optics, Solar and Special Systems.

The basis of our success was laid in Germany 150 years ago by Ernst Leybold and Wilhelm Carl Heraeus. They addressed their pioneering spirit to the search for new manufacturing processes and founded our internationally recognized vacuum-technology company, which has set market standards ever since.