engineering the solar age - Suppliers for Photovoltaics

Expertise at all stages of the value chain

centrotherm photovoltaics is one of the world’s leading technology and equipment providers for the photovoltaics industry. Due to three decades of experience in the field of photovoltaics, we own an extensive technology and process know-how on all stages of the solar value chain. We have established ourselves as a top international provider of photovoltaic equipment and as one of the leading suppliers of turnkey production lines for the manufacture of mono and multi-crystalline solar cells. To date we have planned, set up and commissioned the largest number of turnkey production lines worldwide for our customers.

Following the predetermined path to grid parity, our focus lies in the permanent development of new technologies and innovations. centrotherm photovoltaics continuously extends its technological lead and reduces its customers’ production costs per watt peak. Our findings in R&D are designed as modular technology upgrades, which can be quickly transferred into production. These add-ons allow both, new as well as existing customers to benefit from our strong R&D.

The product and service portfolio starts at the early stage of producing polysilicon as a raw material. It covers the planning, engineering and development of production plants for polysilicon, ingots and wafers, as well as thecorresponding key equipment. Furthermore, centrotherm photovoltaics equips its customers with turnkey production lines, key equipment and process technology for the manufacture of solar cells and modules. This is complemented by turnkey production lines for the manufacture of CIGS thin-film modules and the planning of photovoltaic power systems. For our turnkey solutions, we guarantee our customers important performance parameters, such as capacity, yield, efficiency and completion date.

Owing to its wide-ranging and sound technological expertise, the Group is able to realize a fully integrated solar factory. All process steps from polysilicon up to complete solar modules are connected and interfaces are optimized thereby lowering production and manufacturing costs. We enable our customers to extend their cost-leadership. As a consequence, almost all of the leading producers of solar cells are on our customer list.

centrotherm photovoltaics employs over 1,700 staff members at the sites in Germany and at the international service and sales subsidiaries in Asia, Europe and the USA. In 2010 the Group achieved revenue of 624.2 million Euro and is listed in the TecDax of the Frankfurt Securities Exchange since 2007.