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Euro solar is Surfacing

M10 Solar Equipment, a German joint venture, may have shown Europe’s solar manufacturers how to scale their gigafactories by using Siemens’ plant simulation software to ramp up production of its innovative shingled-matrix solar cell production equipment, explains Tobias Wachtmann, director of global glass and solar for Siemens.

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pv magazine

03 May 2023

The Tecnomatix Plant Simulation software allows a single tool to be incorporated into a production line. | Image: Siemens

In late 2021, M10 Industries, a German equipment supplier, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, a research body, first published details of their shingled cell matrix technology. After a development period of just seven months, the two partners were able to demonstrate a manufacturing tool ready for series production, which they have named …

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