engineering the solar age - Suppliers for Photovoltaics

Ablation, thin-film scribing, drilling, cutting, selective removal, edge isolation and marking

With headquarters in Germany and the USA, ROFIN is an international market-leader in providing lasers for industrial material processing. Backed by over 30 years of experience in laser material processing, ROFIN offers in-depth knowledge of every single laser application in solar cell manufacturing.

Innovative solutions for almost every application

ROFIN provides the world’s widest range of lasers for almost every application. For more than a decade we have been developing innovative solutions for drilling, cutting/scribing, ablation, edge isolation and marking of silicon wafers as well as thin-film applications. ROFIN is putting great efforts into the further development of laser sources and laser process technology, such as high-speed scribing based on galvo technology and wafer drilling, to name but a few examples.

More than just a laser

ROFIN not only offers laser sources, beam systems and deflection units, but also control and automation engineering, software development including image recognition and processing, high-precision positioning systems and customized system engineering for lab workstations and pilot line equipment. Working closely with our clients and partners we have established great expertise in laser applications for PV manufacturing.

ROFIN provides the world’s widest range of lasers

ROFIN offers a complete range of lasers for processing solar cells. Take advantage of our experience! We offer a variety of CO₂, Nd:YAG, disc, diode and q-switch lasers supplying wavelengths of 1,064, 532 and 355 nm and pulse lengths ranging from picosecond to cw. With headquarters in Hamburg (Germany) and Plymouth, Detroit, and many subsidiaries worldwide, ROFIN is always close to its customers – we are where you are …