(pressebox) (Petershausen, 2011-01-10) Oerlikon Solar has selected camLine Datensysteme GmbH to be his preferred MES Software provider for his thin film silicon based turnkey manufacturing solution. The agreement implies implementation of a data management system for mass production of thin film based PV modules. camLine provides essential quality manufacturing software solutions to ensure productivity, process traceability, and process security, which are vital for product long life guarantees and allow continuous technological improvements. After screening the market, Oerlikon has decided to choose camLine as their preferred software partner. The main reasons for the decision are in depth capabilities with respect to the PV use case and comprehensive process knowledge built into the camLine LineWorks suite. The low cost of ownership of the overall solution contributes to manufacturing cost reduction of thin film silicon modules. This is made possible by a modular design approach of the LineWorks product suite that supports the required flexibility, remote operability, individual reporting composability for the end-users, and camLine's know-how in equipment integration.

About Oerlikon Solar

Oerlikon Solar designs and manufactures field-proven equipment and turnkey manufacturing lines for the mass production of environmentally sustainable thin film silicon solar modules. With its amorphous and high-efficiency Micromorph® tandem technology, Oerlikon has dramatically increased the efficiency of thin film silicon and created innovative end-to-end manufacturing solutions for thin film PV, enabling new entrants in the fast-growing, global PV manufacturing business. Oerlikon Solar leads the thin film solar equipment sector with 14 customers in seven countries, and more than 3.5 million modules and 450 MW of capacity produced worldwide.
Oerlikon Solar is headquartered in Switzerland, has about 700 employees in 13 locations worldwide, a number of factories in production around the globe and maintains sales and service centers in the USA, Europe, China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, and Japan.

About camLine Datensysteme für die Mikroelektronik GmbH

For more than 20 years camLine (www.camLine.com) is providing software solutions for manufacturing of high-tech industries. The system house develops and markets its own product suite LineWorks. In particular with the leading Quality Data Management System LineWorks SPACE, camLine is well-known in the semiconductor, electronics, PV, and medical industries. Horizontal and vertical shop floor integration complete the full range of camLine services that concentrate on strategies to improve quality, process security, manufacturing efficiency, enterprise-wide production logistics, and monitoring & reporting. camLine offers worldwide support through sales partners in the USA, Taiwan, Japan, and Singapore.