PHOTON's 5^th PV Equipment Conference:
»AN ASIAN WAY FOR PV MANUFACTURING?«

9:00 - 9:10
CONFERENCE OPENING

Chairpersons:
• Michael Schmela, PHOTON International

Invited speakers:

9:10 - 9:30
KEYNOTE
• Stuart Wenham, Suntech Power, China
»High quality products – Made in China«

9:30 - 10:30
INGOT & WAFERS
• Zhixin Li, JYT Corporation China
»Status and trends of c-Si crystallization«
• Peter Weier, Arnold, Germany
»Automated ingot surface preparation concepts«
• Stefan Schneeberger, Applied Materials, Switzerland
»Improved wafer production processes«

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee-Break

11:00 - 12:15
CELL PRODUCTION & MATERIALS
• Wen Lien, OTB Solar, The Netherlands
»Cell automation concepts for Asian manufacturers«
• N.N.
»Cell automation concepts for Asian manufacturers«
• Christian Buchner, Schmid Group, Germany
»Very high-efficiency cell lines«
• Bond Wang, Longji Silicon Technologies, China
»Adapting cell production processes to silicon qualities«

12:15 - 13:15
Lunch

13:15 - 14:15
THIN-FILM MODULE TURNKEY PRODUCTION LINES
• Hans Ebinger, Oerlikon, Switzerland
»a-Si and micromorph production lines – Successful
case studies from Asia«
• Dieter Schmid, Centrotherm, Germany
»CIS - Turnkey lines for high-efficiency thin-film module
• production«
• Silvia Roth, Roth & Rau, Germany
»CdTe – Turnkey lines for low cost module production«

14:15 - 15:30
MODULE PRODUCTION & MATERIALS
• Patrick Hofer-Noser, 3 S, Switzerland
»Challenges to produce high-quality solar modules«
• Gaetan Borgers, Dow Corning, USA
»Overview on encapsulation materials – from EVA
to silicones«
• Wolfgang Plösch, Isovolta, Austria
»New trends for module back sheets«

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee-Break

16:00 - 17:00
QUALITY CONTROL
• Michael Struckmeyer, TÜV Rheinland, China
»Results and conclusions of testing modules made in Asia –
How to improve product quality?«
• Henrik Hassel, Prediktor, Norway/China, Norway
»MES quality control systems in PV production factories
in Asia«

17:00 - 17:45
PANEL DISCUSSION:
»How to keep the Asian cost advantage?«