Featured in All in the chemistry – 02-2013

New approaches to vacuum deposition

Vacuum deposition processes: A new tool that presents a different way of doing things certainly can get the attention of manufacturers. But are any PV manufacturers in the position to spend? Manz AG has found that the market is receptive to its new Vertical Coating System (VCS 1200), however the road to sales may prove more difficult.

By

Jonathan Gifford

11 Feb 2013

When Manz established its vacuum coating division in early 2010, in Karlstein, Germany, a little over 20 km from Frankfurt, the PV equipment supply business looked bright. Developing new vacuum processes for PV cell manufacturing also looked like a market opportunity too good to pass up, with centrotherm photovoltaics AG and Roth & Rau AG …

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