Press Release

Kahl am Main, August 17, 2010 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) provides completely automated solutions for polysilicon etching as well as treatment of Si wafers and cells in standard and high-efficiency production lines and AR coating systems for both current and future PV cell production. SINGULUS developed itself from an equipment supplier to a system provider for crystalline silicon solar technology. The company’s target is to position itself at the forefront for the introduction of new technologies with respect to silicon solar technology. With SOLARE, SINGULUS offers a production system available as batch as well as inline concept, especially reducing the cost per cell following the cost pressures in the photovoltaics market. SOLARE provides a 30 MW or a 60 MW capacity of crystalline silicon cells.

SINGULUS will offer a broad product range of new machines for the photovoltaics industry, with new production technologies and therefore particular cost advantages for manufacturers of silicon cells. SINGULUS entered strategic partnerships to offer front-end technology for the production of silicon solar cells as a one-stop supplier as well as complete, integrated production systems. Such complete systems cover all individual production steps from the first cleaning process of the wafer to the finished cell. In the future, SINGULUS will focus rigorously on its system activities with production equipment for solar cells and on leveraging the know-how of coating and automation technology, wet-chemical processes as well as system concepts.

Combined with the machines from STANGL, SINGULUS offers the key-technology for a crystalline silicon solar cell production line with wet-chemical systems for saw damage edge and texturisation as well as phosphor silicon glass (PSG) removal and the SINGULUS vacuum coating and wafer handling technology.

Meet SINGULUS and STANGL in Valencia at the 25th EU PVSEC, Hall H2, Booth B11, on September 6-9, 2010 and see what we have to offer in the new solar age.