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The company’s range of products include solutions for the automotive industry such as electric vehicle solar charging stations and batteries.
Ángel Luis Serrano, President of Isofoton commented, “This strategic partnership between Isofoton and the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team was formed through values shared by both organisations; a commitment to high quality, cutting-edge technology, and environmental sustainability. Isofoton is a pioneer in the PV sector and has been at the forefront of solar innovation for over 30 years, and we look forward to entering Formula One with Mercedes AMG Petronas as the sport enters an era of improved environmental efficiency.”
Ross Brawn, Team Principal of Mercedes AMG Petronas added, “We are very pleased to confirm our new partnership with Isofoton and to welcome them to the Mercedes AMG Petronas team. Formula One is frequently the proving ground for new technologies, both automotive and on a wider scale, and we are always pleased to partner with companies who share our innovative approach and excitement about revolutionary technologies. Isofoton, at the forefront of solar energy solutions, provides the perfect match at a time when the Formula One community, including Mercedes AMG Petronas, are working to make our sport more environmentally efficient and socially relevant.”
Ceres obtains CIGS technology assets from Veeco
The firm now has the right to manufacture, support and advance the CIGS equipment technology previously sold by Veeco
Ceres Technologies, a global provider of branded process critical support equipment to the semiconductor and solar industries, has expanded its position in the photovoltaic equipment manufacturing supply chain.
The firm has recently purchased certain technology and product assets of the CIGS system business
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The CIGS product line acquisition adds to Ceres Technologies’ growing portfolio of products and services in the renewable energy space with production-ready CIGS deposition tool sets, including machines for Molybdenum back contact, CIGS absorber layer and Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) layers.
The current product offering allows for roll to roll deposition on Stainless Steel substrates at 0.3, 0.6 and 1.0 metre widths. In addition, a production scale CIGS glass process tool is in development. As part of the technology purchase, Ceres Technologies obtained the right to manufacture, support and further develop the CIGS equipment technology previously sold by Veeco.
According to Kevin Brady, President and CEO of Ceres Technologies, “Ceres intends to selectively collaborate with PV Equipment suppliers, CIGS cell and Module manufacturers and state and federal agencies with the intent of expanding production worthy CIGS manufacturing tool sets to the PV market place.”
“Ceres is well-positioned to facilitate near term and future CIGS module production capacity growth. Our business model fosters strategic partnership with our customers to develop and fulfil pilot line and production scale requirements. Our CIGS equipment platforms, together with our full portfolio of gas and chemical handling products provide our customers with a production worthy supply of equipment infrastructure.”
According to Frank Reilly, Vice President of the Ceres Technologies Solar Group, “Ceres Technologies’ “adaptive (CIGS) platform architecture is designed to provide readily available process tool sets to PV companies, allowing them to focus on development of their core IP by deploying it on a proven platform. Cell and module manufacturing companies can also rely on Ceres’ engineering and equipment manufacturing expertise to realize scaling of their unique development or pilot line methods and recipes.”
Ceres Technologies is a global outsource manufacturing provider of state of the art process equipment for the world’s leading Semiconductor, Solar and Life Science production equipment
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