Featured in Time for fresh concepts – 04-2011

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Laminators: Lamination is one of the most advanced processes in module manufacturing, but there is still room for new ideas and materials. A report on technology, functions and the development of laminators in the solar industry from Markus Steinkötter, founder and CEO of engineering firm Sunnyside upP.

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pv magazine

28 Mar 2011

Photovoltaics pioneers might remember the time when we asked the industry for strong vacuum cleaners and big electric irons to laminate hand soldered strings. For sure these questions were slightly provoking, but in those days nobody imagined that worldwide demand for solar panels would one day hit 20 gigawatts. Those days are definitely over. Module …

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