Custom-made complete solutions for solar wafer manufacturing

Semicon Europe: M+W Zander, Meyer Burger, PVA TePla and Gebr. Schmid form alliance Stuttgart, Steffisburg (CH), for Asslar, joy city, 3 April 2006 * the four technology enterprises M+W Zander, Meyer Burger, PVA TePla and Gebr. Schmid created an alliance for the Photovoltaikbranche. Complete solutions for planning and building of ready for occupancy factories as well as the associated process technology can be offered by bundling of the respective authority. With efficient operational sequence and smooth integration of all systems the alliance offers a fastest possible raising of series production from a hand to the solar wafer manufacturers. Everyone of the four partner companies has of many years, supplementing experiences in the lying close and mechanical engineering for the international Photovoltaikindustrie and presents itself on the Semicon Europe (4 until 6 April 2006) in Munich with its own exhibition booth.* The Stuttgart plant farmer * M+W Zander FE GmbH *, an enterprise of the M+W Zander group, made itself in the solar economy as general purchaser for planning and ready for occupancy building of factories in Europe as well as Asia a name. M+W Zander transfers planning and controlling of all interfaces in the project and has experience for many years with the delivery in time of complex manufacturing plants www.mw zander.com * Semicon exhibition booth: A1/Stand 252 * world-wide resounds for the separation and working on hard and brittle materials machines and plants by * Meyer Burger * is used. Meyer Burger develops and produces the quality machines in the own work. Increased yield and deep blend in combination with high productivity belong to the fundamental characteristics of all plants.These are spezfifisch cut for the solar industry and assigned for the separation from silicon ingots and crystals, as well as for sawing Wafern for the solar panels www.meyerburger.ch * Semicon exhibition booth: A2, conditions 451 resound * the Asslarer * to PVA TePla AG * are an offerer for evacuated systems, established world-wide, for the production and treatment of high-quality materials. The building of plants for the production of multi-crystalline silicon ingots as well as highly pure SI single crystals with procedures such as CZ, VGF, EFG and FZ - for Photovoltaik, Micro and power electronics - belongs for decades to the core authority. Plasma systems for cleaning and/or corroding solar cells belong likewise to the product spectrum www.pvatepla.com * Semicon Messetand: CGS Crystal Growing system GmbH, resounds to A3, conditions 639; PVA TePla AG, resounds to 2, conditions 400 and resounds to 3 conditions 443-12 * * Gebr. Schmid * is world-wide active with more than 800 coworkers in the printed circuit boards -, Flat panel display and Photovoltaik industry. For the range Photovoltaik offers Schmid to process and automation equipment, as well as ready for occupancy solutions for wafer production, cell production and module assembly. Co-operation with competent partners make special solutions for each customer, most diverse processes and the constant advancement of highest technologies www.schmid group.net * for Semicon possible exhibition booth: A3, conditions of 443,8 * * * * press contacts resounds: * * M+W Zander: Meyer Burger: * Michael Gemeinhardt Peter Pauli Tel: 0711 8804-1420 Tel: +41 33 439 05 58 _ michael.gemeinhardt@mw zander.com _gemeinhardt@mw zander.com * PVA Tepla: Brothers Schmid: * Dr. Gert Fisahn Verena Weigold Tel: 06441 5692-342 Tel: 0162 9702164 _ gert.fisahn@pvat__epla.com _ _ Weigold.Ve@gsf.schmid group.net _