Mustang Solar Chooses Merconics As Its New European Representative
February 1, 2011 - Sarasota, Florida USA
Mustang Solar a manufacturer of vacuum deposition equipment for the Thin
Film PV industry, today announced it has chosen merconics GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, Germany, as its representative. Harald Moder, merconics’ founder, is a semiconductor industry veteran, with over 20 years experience in process control equipment.
“We are very pleased to have added merconics GmbH & Co. KG to the Mustang team,” said Richard Greenwell, President of Mustang Vacuum. “Before founding merconics, Mr. Moder served KLA-Tencor as senior director of the company’s Infineon and Central Europe business unit. He has a broad range of experience in both the field of metrology and in the European semiconductor industry. Since the foundation of merconics the focus of the activities was on serving the Photovoltaic (PV) industry by providing new equipment, materials or consulting services to improve the yield of PV manufacturing lines. Mr. Moder has established a strong network amongst all PV manufacturers in Europe. We look forward to benefiting from that experience as we expand our European customer base.”
Mustang Solar is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mustang Vacuum Systems with engineering, manufacturing and applications co-located in Sarasota Florida. Mustang Vacuum is a world wide supplier of industrial thin film deposition equipment to the automotive, industrial, optical and decorative markets. Mustang Solar is a provider of high speed vacuum deposition systems for both flexible and glass substrate thin film photovoltaic cells with exceptional uniformity and process control for substrates up to 1.5 meters in width.
“We are delighted to be teaming with Mustang Solar, as they expand their presence in the European Thin Film Solar PV market,” said Harald Moder, merconics’ founder and president. “While Mustang Solar is a new company their roots form from an experienced and capable global industrial vacuum equipment leader. I’m excited to be part of the European launch of this exciting business.”:
About merconics merconics GmbH & Co. KG is a competent and experienced partner for the distribution of advanced capital equipment and process materials for the European photovoltaic and semiconductor industry and related markets. merconics is also offering business development consulting services. The systems of our suppliers are used in a variety of segments of the above mentioned markets, such as advanced chip or solar components manufacturing and respective R&D activities. We focus our efforts on providing solutions that enable our customers to meet today’s challenging technology and manufacturing requirements. merconics is a privately-held company based in Munich, Germany.
For further information please visit our webpage: www.merconics.com
Mustang Solar
Todd Komanetsky
V.P. Sales and Marketing
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