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Pfeiffer Vacuum – a name that stands for innovative solutions, high technology, dependable products and first-class service. For more than 120 years, we have been setting standards in vacuum technology with these attributes. One very special milestone was the invention of the turbopump at our Company more than 50 years ago. Thanks to our know-how, we continue to be the technology and world market leader in this field. To no small degree, this also manifests itself in our extremely high profitability.
REC’s business activities are organized in three divisions: REC Silicon produces silane and polysilicon for the photovoltaic and electronics industries at two facilities in the USA. REC Silicon is the world’s largest dedicated producer of silicon materials for the PV industry. REC Wafer produces multicrystalline wafers for the solar cell industry at two production facilities in Norway, as well as specialized monocrystalline wafers at a separate plant in Norway. REC Wafer is the world’s largest producer of multicrystalline wafers. Finally, REC Solar produces solar cells at its plant in Norway and solar modules at its facilities in Sweden. It also operates a small systems installation company, Solar Vision, in South Africa.
Roth & Rau was founded in 1990 as a surface coating processes company. For almost 10 years, Roth & Rau has been operating in the division of photovoltaics and is one of the worldwide leading providers of production equipment for the manufacture of crystalline silicon solar cells. The company produces systems for solar cells’ antireflective coating.
SolarWorld is America’s largest solar manufacturer since 1975. Vertically integrated from silicon to systems, SolarWorld manufactures wafers and cells and assembles panels, kits and systems in the USA. High-performance SolarWorld Sunmodule® panels are independently proven to produce more energy than other major brands. SolarWorld Sunkits® factory-customized systems make installation easy.
SunPower designs, manufactures and delivers the highest efficiency solar electric technology worldwide.
The company’s key competence in photovoltaics lies in thin-film technologies, which are used to manufacture different kinds of solar cells. VON ARDENNE supplies highly-productive in-line coaters in all customary sizes for TCO-layers, backside contacts and semiconductor layers based on CIS or CdTe.