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May 12, 2008
Santa
Clara, CA, USA: Applied Materials Signs Multi-Year Service Agreement
with T-Solar
Applied
has signed a multi-year agreement to provide the SunFab Performance
Service to T-Solar Global S.A. of Spain for the Applied SunFab
Thin Film Line. Using 5.7m2 glass panels, Applied Materials says
the SunFab Line can reduce the cost of utility-scale photovoltaic
installations by more than 20%. In 2007, T-Solar became the first
company in Europe to order an Applied SunFab Thin Film production
line. The line is expected to have a nominal rated capacity of
40 megawatts per year when fully operational.
Applied Materials' describes the program as the most comprehensive
in the solar industry, guaranteeing the performance cost and output
of the Applied SunFab™ Thin Film Lines, the SunFab Performance
Service allows customers to quickly ramp to volume production
and optimize the efficiency and productivity of their SunFab™
Line.
“Based
on Applied’s proven track record of providing service and technology
to the chip industry, we are very confident that we have made
the best choice for this key project,” said Juan Laso, general
manager of T-Solar.
As
part of this service agreement, Applied will manage and optimize
T-Solar’s SunFab Line performance with a wide variety of engineering,
logistics, technology and automation software solutions. In addition
to all preventive and corrective maintenance and complete parts
management, Applied will provide continuous improvement programs
and total factory optimization to enable low operating cost and
on-going productivity gains.
“By
entrusting the equipment, maintenance and performance of our solar
production line to Applied, we are guaranteed specific results
that minimize our risk, shorten our time to production, and meet
our profit goals,” stated Cesar Alberte, fab director of T-Solar.
“We view this as the most economic solution to running our solar
fab that over time will allow us to drop the cost per watt of
solar energy.”
“Guaranteeing
performance through cost of operation and associated megawatt
output represents a major shift from the traditional service model,”
said Manfred Kerschbaum, senior vice president and general manager
of Applied Global Services. “We are pleased to pioneer the way
in providing customers like T-Solar with a comprehensive service
program that represents a step function improvement in value and
the most complete and dependable choice for maintaining and optimizing
their investment.”
Further details about: Applied
Materials
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