Meyer Burger to install up to 100-MW HJT cell line for EcoSolifer

Meyer Burger Technology (SWX:MBTN) will supply and install a heterojunction (HJT) cell line with an annual capacity of 90 MW to 100 MW under a CHF-29-million (USD 29.5m/EUR 26.9m) deal with EcoSolifer Ltd.

The Swiss solar machinery maker said in a statement on Monday it will install the HJT cell line at EcoSolifer’s factory in Csorna, Hungary later this year. That order alone is worth some CHF 23 million.

The contract includes the supply of integrated cell performance measurement and sorting technology and a FabEagle MES modular software system for scalable production management. In addition, it includes an option for the future supply of Meyer Burger’s SmartWire Connection Technology (SWCT).

EcoSolifer operates as a photovoltaic (PV) development and solar technology firm. It intends to reach a 500-MW cell production capacity in the short term, according to the press release. The plan is to start industrial manufacturing using the new cell line in the first quarter 2016.

(CHF 1.0 = USD 1.017/EUR 0.928)

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