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Strong Rise In Orders For Roth & Rau
Indian contract helps Roth and Rau’s expected orders to rise.
Approximately EUR 3.0 million were contributed by AIS Automation Dresden GmbH, the new subsidiary consolidated effective 1 July 2008. This mostly involved orders from the solar industry. AIS serves some of the leading players in the solar industry including a number of long standing customers of Roth & Rau. AIS offers control systems for manufacturing lines for the production of crystalline silicon solar cells known as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES projects). All told, the Group booked orders worth EUR 206.1 million during the first eight months of the year, up 84.5% on the prior year's EUR 111.7 million.
The company's expectations for the further course of the year remain optimistic. New contracts and declarations of intent with a total volume of approximately EUR 45 million were signed at the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition which took place in Valencia during the first week in September. One of the declarations of intent is for the delivery of a 60 MWp turnkey manufacturing line to a new customer in India; this contract is expected to be signed soon. In addition, Roth & Rau AG used the trade fair to showcase its latest products and newly developed technologies including the new generation of its successful SiNA series. The further developed equipment for anti reflective coating now allows for a number of advanced coating technologies such as double-side coating of solar cells and the production of double layer structures for improved passivation of solar cells. This way Roth & Rau equipment makes another contribution to raising the efficiency of multi crystalline silicon solar cells while at the same time offering customers additional potential for cutting costs. Trade fair visitors also responded very favourably to the automation solutions offered by SLS Solar Line Saxony, another Group subsidiary, and the software solutions presented by AIS. 'The presentation of our new products in Valencia has generated numerous promising leads. Feedback has been highly favourable and we are confident that we can bring the sales negotiations started at the trade fair to a successful conclusion in the weeks ahead,' said Dr. Dietmar Roth, CEO of Roth & Rau AG.
The company's expectations for the further course of the year remain optimistic. New contracts and declarations of intent with a total volume of approximately EUR 45 million were signed at the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition which took place in Valencia during the first week in September. One of the declarations of intent is for the delivery of a 60 MWp turnkey manufacturing line to a new customer in India; this contract is expected to be signed soon. In addition, Roth & Rau AG used the trade fair to showcase its latest products and newly developed technologies including the new generation of its successful SiNA series. The further developed equipment for anti reflective coating now allows for a number of advanced coating technologies such as double-side coating of solar cells and the production of double layer structures for improved passivation of solar cells. This way Roth & Rau equipment makes another contribution to raising the efficiency of multi crystalline silicon solar cells while at the same time offering customers additional potential for cutting costs. Trade fair visitors also responded very favourably to the automation solutions offered by SLS Solar Line Saxony, another Group subsidiary, and the software solutions presented by AIS. 'The presentation of our new products in Valencia has generated numerous promising leads. Feedback has been highly favourable and we are confident that we can bring the sales negotiations started at the trade fair to a successful conclusion in the weeks ahead,' said Dr. Dietmar Roth, CEO of Roth & Rau AG.
