OREANDA-NEWS. Meyer Burger Technology Ltd today announced that it has concluded two further significant contracts for its industry leading DW288 Series 3 diamond wire cutting platform. Two existing PV customers in Asia and Europe have chosen Meyer Burger’s award-winning diamond wire cutting technology in order to increase their production volume of high quality solar wafers.

The total value of the two contracts is around CHF 15 million. Delivery and installation of the diamond wire saw platforms are planned by the end of 2016.

The newest DW288 Series 3 diamond wire saw is based on Meyer Burger‘s proven environmentally friendly water-based industrialized diamond wire cutting technology and enables Meyer Burger’s customers to sustainably reduce their manufacturing costs for solar wafers. With the market success of its pioneering diamond wire cutting technology, Meyer Burger continues to increase its share of the growing mono-crystalline slicon wafer market.

Meyer Burger is a leading global technology company specialising on innovative systems and processes based on semiconductor technologies. The company’s focus is on photovoltaics (solar industry) while its competencies and technologies also cover important areas of the semiconductor and the optoelectronic industries as well as other selected high-end markets based on semiconductor materials. Over the past ten years, Meyer Burger has risen to the forefront of the photovoltaic market and established itself as an international premium brand by offering superior precision products and innovative technologies.

Meyer Burger’s offering in systems, production equipment and services along the photovoltaic value chain includes the manufacturing processes for wafers, solar cells, solar modules and solar systems. Meyer Burger provides substantial added value to its customers and clearly differentiates itself from its competitors by focusing on the entire value chain.

The company’s comprehensive product portfolio is complemented by a worldwide service network with spare parts, consumables, process know-how, customer support, after-sales services, training and other services. Meyer Burger is represented in Europe, Asia and North America in the respective key markets and has subsidiaries and own service centres in China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore, Taiwan and the USA. The company is also working intensively to develop new markets such as South America, Africa and the Arab region. The registered shares of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (Ticker: MBTN).