Santa Clara, CA, – June 16, 2008 – Coherent, Inc., the leading manufacturer of lasers and laser-based solutions for the solar industry, today announced that Finlay Colville, Director of Solar Marketing, will speak at IntertechPira’s Photovoltaics Summit 2008 at the Hilton San Diego Resort in San Diego, CA on Thursday, June 19, on current and emerging laser applications within the solar industry.
“The summit is a great opportunity both to share some of the novel laser processes currently being implemented within new production line equipment used by solar cell manufacturers, and to connect with some of the world’s leading companies active throughout the solar value chain,” Coherent’s Director of Solar Marketing Colville stated. “Lasers are currently used in c-Si cell manufacturing for applications such as edge isolation and laser grooved buried contacts, and in thin film panel production at the cell interconnection or patterning stages. Non-contact laser based equipment is set to become the preferred choice of tooling within next-generation production lines where high-efficiency concepts are increasingly adopted on thin sub-200-micron thick wafers.”
The 3rd annual international summit runs from June 18-20 and focuses on business and technical innovations in the solar industry. Over the course of three days the conference program will feature two keynote presentations, 22 plenary session talks, two panels and two half-day pre-conference workshops. In all, 35 industry leaders from around the globe, including India, Australia, Japan, Germany and the US, will provide a comprehensive assessment of the global market, finance and investments, developments in crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV), the outlook for silicon feedstock and manufacturing, advances in thin films and future generation PV, balance of system (BOS) and applications.
ABOUT Coherent, Inc. – Founded in 1966, Coherent, Inc. is a world leader in providing laser-based solutions to the commercial and scientific research markets. Please direct any questions regarding content found in this release to Finlay Colville , Director of Marketing – Solar, at +44 (0) 7802 238 775 or finlay.colville@coherent.com. For more information about Coherent’s role in the solar industry, visit our website at www.Coherent.com/Solar.
ABOUT IntertechPira’s Photovoltaics Summit 2008 – The summit will address the most salient business and technical issues facing the global PV industry. This conference will bring together industry experts, manufacturers, researchers and end users for a balanced, comprehensive discussion of the opportunities and challenges surrounding photovoltaic markets, investment, production, applications and technological requirements, challenges and breakthroughs. For more info go to: www.pvsummit.com or www.photovoltaicssummit.com.
