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IPVEA | END OF YEAR REPORT 2011 | 3
Table of Contents
President’s Message
Highlights of IPVEA’s work in 2011
The IPVEA Board of Directors
State of the Industry Review
IPVEA Team
3S Modultec3S Photovoltaics 3-S Swiss Solar Systems AGABB Automation GmbHAEG Power Solutions GmbHAIS Automation Dresden GmbHAMB Apparate + Maschinenbau GmbHApplied MaterialsASYS Automatisierungssysteme GmbHBosch Rexroth Mechatronics GmbHBTU International, Inc.Buerkle GmbHCh2M HillDay4 Eco-tecDecker Anlagenbau GmbHDek Solar GmbHDespatch IndustriesDiamond Materials Tech, IncDr. Schenk GmbH IndustriemesstechnikDr. Schwab Inspection Technology GmbHE+H Metrology GmbHFerrotec GmbHGfE Metalle und Materialien GmbHGrenzebach Maschinenbau GmbHHeateflex CorporationHennecke Systems GmbHHermann Otto GmbHICOS Vision SystemsINA LineartechnikInnolas GmbHINTEVACISRA VISION AGJonas & Redmann Photovoltaic’s Production Solutions GmbHKitec microelectronic technologie GmbHKLA-TencorKomax Solar AGKuka Systems Corporation North AmericaKuka Systems GmbHLayTec GmbHLeybold Optics GmbHLinde AGLohmann GmbH & Co. KGLOTUS Systems GmbHLpkf SolarQuipment GmbHLSW Maschinenfabrik GmbHM+W Germany GmbHManz AGMeier Solar Solutions GmbHMeyer Burger Services / Meyer Burger AGMeyer Burger AG – Swiss Slicing SystemsMeyer Burger Automation GmbHMeyer Burger Robotics / Meyer Burger WafertecNewport Spectra - Physics GmbHOC Oerlikon Management AG, PfaffikonOerlikon Leybold Vacuum GmbHOerlikon Solar / Oerlikon SystemsOrtner c.l.s. GmbHOTB Solar B.V.Pall GmbHPASAN SAReis GmbH & Co. KG MaschinenfabrikRENA GmbHRICMAR Technology GmbHRobert Burkle GmbHRofin Baasel Lasertech GmbH & Co. KGRoth & Rau – Ortner GmbH / Roth & Rau AGRoth & Rau Italy S.r.l.Schaeffler Technologies GmbHSCHILLER AUTOMATION GmbH & Co. KGSchmid GmbH + Co., Gebr.SEMILAB Semiconductor Physics Laboratory, Co., Ltd.SENTECH Instruments GmbHSierra Therm Production FurnacesSika Services AGSINGULUS STANGL SOLAR GmbHSLS Solar Line Saxony GmbHSmit Ovens B.V.Soleras LtdSomont GmbHSTEIN Automation GmbH & Co. KGSYNOVA S.A.Targray Technology International Inc.Team Technik Maschinen und Anlagen GmbHTecnofimes S.r.lTempress Systems B.V.TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH + Co. KGVeeco Instruments GmbHVITRONIC Dr.-Ing. Stein Bildverarbeitungssysteme GmbHVON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbH
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Dear IPVEA members,
This has been a challenging year for the PV industry, particularly for the segment that
we occupy as equipment manufacturers. The continual downward readjustment
of module prices, combined with levelling demand and uncertainty in subsidies,
means 2012 will be even more volatile and difficult to predict.
Our ability to identify and exploit opportunities that emerge in the short term will
surely will have a critical impact on the long term success of our businesses and the
wider industry.
One trend we can be certain of is that PV manufacturers need to make investments
that will yield higher efficiency modules and optimise output to ensure profitability
and remain competitive. This requires access to ‘best-in-class’ processing, automation
and software tools.
IPVEA will support, seek guidance and further greater transparency in
communication for the whole PV value chain, as well as proactively provide
information about new markets (BRIC) and opportunities, not only for energy
harvesting but energy management, in order to drive the industry’s growth in future.
Sven E. JarbyPresident, International PV Equipment Association (IPVEA)
Statement from the president of IPVEA
NEw MEMBERS We’d like to welcome 12 new members
that joined the association this year:-
�� CH2M Hill
�� Despatch Industries
�� Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH
�� ICOS Vision Systems
�� INTEVAC
�� KLA-Tencor
�� Leybold Optics
�� Linde AG
�� Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG
�� SENTECH Instruments
�� Sika Services AG
�� Smit Ovens B.V.
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ESTABLISHING GLOBAL REPRESENTATION AND REACH
During the course of the year, IPVEA has
strengthened its team in sales, marketing and
communications. We now have representation in
the three main global markets: North America,
Europe (Germany, UK) and Asia, where we now
have a Hong Kong office, demonstrating our
long-term commitment to the Greater China and
Asia-Pacific markets. The Hong Kong office is the
hub for promotional activities and sales support for
IPVEA members planning to participate in events
in China – especially SNEC 2012.
MARKETING AND COMMuNICATION
This year IPVEA completed the phase two
development of PV Matrix, inducting members
to use this platform to promote knowledge about
the PV industry value chain, whilst supporting
their own marketing activities. The ‘Are You In?’
campaign was launched to promote the PV Matrix
and IPVEA to the wider PV industry at this year’s EU
PVSEC held in Hamburg in September.
At EU PVSEC the central location of IPVEA’s booth,
combined with its iPad competition to promote
the launch of PV Matrix, drew over a thousand
visitors enabling us to expand our reach with new
contacts.
Over 200 attendees attended the second
PV Forum, comprising a one day conference
covering market analysis and latest PV production
technology, held within the auspices of EU PVSEC.
Production technology forums promote IPVEA
and its member companies as the cornerstone of
innovation in PV manufacturing advances, needed
to drive the industry.
Working with media organisations, event
producers and other partners IPVEA has
continued to provide members with discounts
and promotional offers at various shows and
conferences around the world.
IPVEA in Action – Highlights of IPVEA’s work in 2011
PLANS fOR 2012
More than 50 trade shows approached IPVEA to support their events during 2011, reflecting the
association’s growth in size and influence. But to ensure we continue to deliver clarity and value to our
members IPVEA is committed to supporting three major global shows next year - SNEC (Asia) in May,
Intersolar (North America) in July and EU PVSEC (Europe) in September.
IN ADDITION IPVEA wILL:
�� Produce, with SNEC, the inaugural
Asian PV Forum.
�� Co-produce the third PV Forum,
with EU PVSEC.
�� Develop a Solar Supply Chain event. Such
an event will be designed to inform senior
management about changing dynamics and
technologies in the PV supply chain, provide
networking opportunities for executives
from all points in the supply chain – from
manufacturing, distribution and wholesale
– and deliver ‘best practice’ examples and
case studies that can assist PV companies
in developing their individual supply chain
strategies and partnerships.
�� Organise press conferences, at key events, on
behalf of members to support their marketing
efforts and publicise the association to the
wider industry.
�� Promote itself and its members to relevant
government authorities in existing and BRIC/
emerging markets, supporting conferences &
exhibitions and working with local/regional
industry associations.
�� During 2012 IPVEA Update will be published
monthly, with distribution guaranteed at major
shows (see full schedule on page 18). IPVEA
e-bulletins and Update emails will be sent
to IPVEA’s growing database of over 8000 PV
industry contacts, comprising of PV module
producers, installers, etc. In addition IPVEA
and VLSI Research’s exclusive Books to Bill
programme will be published regularly.
�� Develop partnerships with organisations
that represent the interests of complementary
industries such as energy-efficiency and storage
which can make solar a more competitive
source of energy and lead to new strategic
opportunities for IPVEA members.
�� Increase the profile of the PV Matrix,
presenting the platform as an information
tool that can help governments and existing
industries looking to develop their solar supply
chains and create new business opportunities,
training, skilled jobs and industries for the
future.opportunities, training, skilled jobs and
industries for the future.
IPVEA in Action – Highlights of IPVEA’s work in 2011
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�� Elke Hoffmann, vice treasurer (Jonas & Redmann)
�� Ortrun Aßländer, secretary (Day4 ecoTec)
�� Steffen Günther, treasurer (Reis Robotics)
�� Ludgar wahlers, board member (ISRA Vision Solar)
�� Patrick Binkowska, vice president (Leybold Optics)
�� Carsten Busch, board member (ABB Automation)
�� Stefan Schiller, vice president (Schiller Automation)
�� Sven E. Jarby, president (Oerlikon)
BENEfITS Of BEING AN IPVEA MEMBER
�� Raw booth space discounts at major shows (i.e. at Eu PVSEC and SNEC
that total more than the €3000 fee of being an IPVEA member)
�� Networking opportunities at group meetings, forums and trade shows
�� Inclusion in the group’s press materials
�� Inclusion on appropriate panels at key industry trade events
�� Exposure through the website www.ipvea.org
�� use of the IPVEA logo to brand your business
�� Listing in IPVEA PV Directory and update newsletters
�� Entry to the PV Matrix, the industry’s only online platform that links
the entire PV value chain
�� The opportunity to benefit from IPVEA’s collective lobbying activities
IPVEA BOARD
At its annual meeting held during EU PVSEC IPVEA also elected its new board members. The board held
its first meeting in Berlin in October. Guest speakers from two of IPVEA’s media and information partners,
Solarpraxis and VLSI Research, delivered their insights to the members based on the industry’s current rate
of growth and its prospects for next year.
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Just some of the events and communications IPVEA has produced in 2011. These include the PV Forum at EU PVSEC, IPVEA’s offi cial newsletter, ‘Update’, distributed at key shows, PV Matrix demonstrations and promotion at IPVEA’s booth at EU PVSEC, where IPVEA MD Bryan Ekus can be seen meeting Dominique Ristori, JRC Director General, European Commission.
State of the PV industry review, 2011. IPVEA is commited to providing members with an ongoing series of exclusive analysis on the state of the industry, trends, market opportunities and technology develop-ments. The following report kicks off the series:
By Sara Ver-Bruggen Analysis, data and insights provided by John West, VLSI Research
wELCOME CHANGE
A turbulent year so far marks a turning point
for the PV industry where winners in the long
term will be those that continue investing in
their PV businesses. Manufacturers will be
looking to the equipment sector as the source
of innovation that enables them to optimise
output and enhance module performance.
Insolvencies, exits, halts to production and the
inevitable job cuts – these are the all too familiar
headlines afflicting the PV industry, especially
these last few months.
According to Ingmar wilhelm, president of the
European Photovoltaic Industry Association
(EPIA), speaking at Eu PVSEC back in September,
the easy period of making money is over. This
conclusion should be kept in mind as the
industry contemplates the next 12 months,
because the essence of its implication is not
that the industry is on the verge of dwindling
or dying off, far from it, but its transition needs
to be acknowledged. The PV industry has gone
through incredible scaling in recent years and
consolidation has begun to occur.
As recent headlines attest the need for
renewable and sustainable energy has never
been more acute. The world will lock itself
into an insecure, inefficient and high-carbon
energy system by 2020 unless more is done
to de-couple industrialisation from fossil
fuels, the International Energy Agency (IEA)
recently warned. According to the IEA, ‘rising
fossil-fuel energy use will lead to irreversible
and potentially catastrophic climate change’.
Solutions are straightforward but they require
a step-change in how we view and use
energy, with concerted emphasis on using less
megawatts to reduce carbon emissions while
building more capacity for renewable sources
to replace fossil fuels, which are still heavily
subsidised. The downward trend in solar PV
module pricing as a result of the rapid scaling of
manufacturing capacity, which has outstripped
actual demand, is establishing this industry as
a viable competitor to fossil fuel-based sources
of electricity, without the long term subsidy that
alternative energy contenders such as nuclear
and offshore wind require.
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MORE Mw fOR yOuR BuCK
At the end of this year module per watt peak
prices are as low as $1.40, even $1.28, according
to Solarbuzz. This is almost a 30% drop in prices
compared to the $1.80 levels in the first quarter
of 2011. The trend will continue, making solar
PV more competitive as the downstream side
of the industry works fast to secure demand in
markets nearer grid parity, across existing large
and established PV markets like Germany and
Italy and in emerging and developing markets in
the sunbelt regions now assessing solar PV as a
viable form of alternative and sustainable energy
generation.
John west at VLSI Research characterises these
last few years as a period of ‘land grabbing’ and
the industry now beginning to crystallise as
winners and losers, with the former typically
large in terms of installed production capacity
– at the Gw mark (or aggressive plans to
expand capacity to get there) – and having
deep pockets, or access to them. Other more
established silicon-based or related industries
such as DRAM and flat panel displays (fPD)
have been through similar trajectories and
emerged the other side. ‘The global PV market
is undeniably soft at present. By end of Q1 2012
the picture should become clearer,’ says west.
The exits and consolidation that are
symptomatic of the PV industry’s ‘shake out’ will
continue into next year and as a result capacity
– at least 2Gw – will be lost, much of it in China
between smaller manufacturers, explians west.
Some demand will emerge in some
regions where governments make local
PV manufacturing part of their renewable
energy policy, to stimulate job markets, which
developing economies such as Malaysia and
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CAPACITy uPGRADES DRIVEN By NEED TO ENHANCE EffICIENCIES
According to IMS Research lower demand for
new manufacturing capacity and limited orders
for equipment upgrades or replacements will
cause PV equipment revenues to drop by as
much as 55% in 2012, with a return to growth
predicted for 2013. However the dramatic
reductions in module prices and in such a
rapid timeframe could act as a significant
stimulus for the PV industry, even in the short
term, by encouraging companies to upgrade
lines to produce higher efficiency cells and
modules. Recently uS-based Energy Conversion
Devices (ECD) announced it had suspended
all its manufacturing operations. As part of its
restructuring ECD has had to reassess its markets
and, as a consequence, solar sales to non-Eu
and uS developing and emerging markets now
account for about 40% of shipments, as opposed
to 4%. ECD is also upgrading its existing capital
equipment at its Michigan plant, ready for
optimisation in mid-2012.
Increasingly PV businesses may find that
they cannot afford to retrench and wait for
demand to align with actual capacity. Reducing
manufacturing costs only goes so far. The other
part of the equation, which is better for the long
term fortunes of manufacturers, is to invest in
upgrading capacity to produce more efficient
cells and modules.
Equipment upgrades pay back by increasing
throughput and enhancing yields, where
the latter is concerned with ‘reducing the
variability of output,’ according to west. ‘In the
semiconductor industry the quality of output is
unbelievably good. But where the PV industry is
concerned a factory’s solar cell output can vary
considerably.’ Binning, which is used in the LED
industry, is also deployed by PV manufacturers
to sort cells by different efficiencies, but there
is growing demand for more sophisticated
tools designed to closely monitor all steps
of processing and performance of cells and
enhancing efficiencies. ‘Process diagnostics,
software and metrology tools are becoming
more important to equip manufacturers to
eliminate variability,’ says west, referring to
companies like KLA Tencor. Technologies
and processes that can add incremental
enhancements to cell efficiencies – by 1-2%
across output – can increase revenues by 10%,
adds west, noting solutions such as Varian
Semiconductor’s ion implantation equipment.
PV MARKETS BEyOND EuROPE
Germany has set the standard and pioneered
solar PV markets and its example has been
followed by other European economies,
including Spain, Italy, france and the uK,
each introducing their own feed-in tariff (fIT)
schemes to incentivise the adoption of solar PV.
The recent price drops in modules have forced
many governments to readjust their PV fIT rates
for 2012 to encourage sustainable growth of
national PV markets but in doing so is causing
uncertainty in PV as an investment opportunity.
In addition to Europe new PV markets on other
continents are taking steps to establish which
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will spread the growth of PV adoption among
more markets, globally.
This year China, which has to date been a solar
exporter, introduced a fIT scheme. The rates
for solar PV are low by European standards but
the Chinese government’s move is seen as an
important step towards establishing a domestic
solar market, with a goal of 10 Gw by 2015.
Japan has announced a new clean energy law
that will come into effect in mid-2012, which
will include a fIT scheme for solar and other
renewables (though rates for next year have
yet to be clarified). In south-east Asia Malaysia
recently unveiled what has been described
as one of the most sophisticated fIT schemes
and, along with neighbours such as Thailand, is
preparing the groundwork for PV growth. In the
Middle East attention is turning to Saudi Arabia,
which is expected to announce a renewable
energy policy and targets for solar, before the
end of this year, while smaller countries such as
Jordan and Kuwait are warming to solar PV, now
that prices have fallen so much in comparison
with other technologies such as solar thermal.
Companies have been announcing new
pipelines in emerging markets. T-Solar intends to
develop PV capacity in India and Peru next year.
In 2012 Europe will remain the leading market
for solar PV but it looks as if next year will be
when markets in Asia Pacific, MENA and Central
America – across the sunbelt regions of the
world – initiate new sources of demand for
solar PV. Developing economies with an eye
on building in more energy security will look
more favourably on PV which has become more
competitive, especially when assessed in terms
of levelised cost of electricity (LCoE). Attention
will also turn to thin film, where currently only
one such company – North America’s first Solar –
dominates the top tier group of global PV firms.
west observes: ‘Japan’s Solar frontier is emerging
as the first proper competitor to first Solar.
About 20% of the PV market will be addressed
by thin film. In sunbelt regions, which still have
a long way to go in terms of investing in solar
energy generation capacity, thin film is the
option because it performs better than silicon in
very hot, high temperatures.’
while several thin film PV developers have been
casualties of the availability of cheaper and
cheaper c-Si modules, other contenders are
waiting on the side lines to seize opportunities
that the expanding ranks of PV markets will yield.
These include Taiwan’s TSMC, which expects
to ship modules based on its copper-indium-
gallium-sulfur-(di)selenide (CIGSSe) technology
in early 2012. In the uSA GE is building a 400Mw
capacity plant for producing cadmium-telluride
(CdTe) solar PV cells and panels following its
acquisition of PrimeStar Solar in Colorado
in April. Going by GE’s other clean energy
investments, spanning wind turbine production
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a strategic long-term opportunity for GE. for
flexible PV module supplier Global Solar, which
has achieved the highest efficiencies for CIGS-
based modules, its deal to supply Dow Chemical
should result in the commercialisation of a solar
shingle BIPV product in the uS market next year.
‘Companies either seem ok if they have less than
2% share as this indicates they are serving a
niche market, or they have to have a share of 4%
or more. It’s those that are in between 2-4% that
we should be concerned about,’ observes west.
Many of those companies are based in China
and their fate will lead to the disappearance
of unused or unprofitable capacity, improving
equipment utilization rates overall.
CONSOLIDATION
M&A activity will continue as investing in more
of the supply chain provides greater overall cost
control for producers. But consolidation will
not only be confined to the PV manufacturing
portion of the industry. Strategic buyouts can
equip companies to deliver equipment that
enhances cell efficiencies, a continuing trend
in the coming years. Earlier this year Applied
Materials announced its intention to buy
Varian to reinstate is claim on ion implantation
equipment, used in production of chips as well
as LEDs and solar cells. DuPont, a supplier of
metallization pastes acquired Innovalight, a
start-up commercialising a silicon ink technology
for enhancing cell efficiencies that is compatible
with screen printing processes.
‘As the big cell producers get bigger they
increasingly rely on equipment suppliers to do
their R&D for them, to enhance cell efficiencies,’
says west, ‘the average producer in the solar
industry will spend less than 1% on R&D, by
contrast solar PV equipment suppliers spend
10-15%.’ while this pushes the burden of
R&D on equipment suppliers it also means
that innovation, which is critical to enhancing
cell efficiencies and making producers more
profitable, lies with the equipment and related
materials supply side of the industry.
And it will be continued emphasis on R&D
among this industry that secures success in
the long term. while reaching grid parity is the
current objective of the industry, to reduce
reliance on subsidies set by governments, energy
storage will act as the real catalyst for driving the
transition of solar PV into a mainstream source
of electricity generation. Some suppliers such
as ulvac are looking into developing equipment
for making energy storage components and
systems in their future roadmaps. According
to one source in the equipment industry: ‘The
benefits of doing so would leverage the same
distribution channels and routes to market as
those established for PV.’
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while no one denies that 2012 is going to
be a tough year for the solar PV industry,
opportunities will emerge in the form of new
markets and emphasis on innovation. Other
established microelectronics industries have
ramped up production and streamlined
manufacturing but they have also valued
equipment –hardware and software – and
materials technology that can enhance the
performance of their products. Now the solar PV
industry is taking note.
TAKE AwAyS
PV MArkEt
�� Profits getting squeezed but growth prospects remain good
�� Tier 1 manufacturers are profitable
�� Prices will continue to fall… …which will force more companies to exit or
reconfigure
PV EqUIPMENt MArkEt
�� Consolidation – Top 10 > 54% Share of market and growing
�� European suppliers still dominate the equipment market
�� Industry confidence low but improving
�� Outlook for 2012 – Market down by 20%
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Not all CapEx is good CapExWhich companies will be the winners?
John joined VLSI in 2000 and is responsible
for supporting all of VLSI Research’s European
activities. In addition, he developed the PV
Equipment Market service in 2005. He is the
author of numerous proprietary market
research reports. He was awarded an MBA
from Cranfield University and has a degree in
Medical Physics from the University of London.
JANUARY 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin Latest market, product and technology news from IPVEA members Summary and analysis of Q4 2011 Books to Bill data Feature: Outlook for H1 2012, focused on opportunities for equipment suppliers (by IPVEA and PV industry analyst partners)
Outline of IPVEA-SNEC PV production technology conference programme for March 2012
MARCH 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin Latest market, product and technology news from IPVEA members Feature: Automation in the silicon PV manufacturing value chain, from wafer to module: Latest innovations in equipment and tools
Nanomarkets submission (TCO for PVs, business case for BIPV, materials in PV manufacturing i.e. CIGS, metals, nanomaterials etc)
Final reminder for presentation proposals for IPVEA-SNEC PV production technology conference programme
MAY 2012 (plus Chinese edition)
IPVEA update : bulletin & digital & printed Latest market, product and technology news, SNEC booth announcements from members
China Feature: Status of PV industry: PV demand in China & impact of FIT scheme on domestic demand and challenges and opportunities arising from consolidation within the Chinese PV industry
Feature: Short and long-term opportunities in China’s PV industry in c-Si and thin-fi lm
Other news (discounts and promotions exclusive to IPVEA members) Media partner editorial MEMBER PROFILE
SEPTEMBER 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin & digital & printed Latest market, product & tech. news, EUPVSEC booth from members PV Matrix update: promotional partners for EUPVSEC Feature: Status of PV industry: role of sunbelt regions in driving PV adoption
Feature: New opportunities emerging for PV equipment suppliers Nanomarkets submission (TCO for PVs, business case for BIPV, materials in PV manufacturing i.e. CIGS, metals, nanomaterials)
Other news (discounts and promotions exclusive to IPVEA members) Media partner editorial MEMBER PROFILE
NOVEMBER 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin Feature: Summary and analysis of Q3 2012 Books to Bill data Latest market, product and technology news, from press releases from members
Media partner editorial
JULY 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin Feature: Summary and analysis of Q2 2012 Books to Bill data Media partner editorial
FEBRUARY 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin & digital Asia Feature: Investment opportunities: Regional inward investment agencies in China, South Korea and other Asian markets are competing to establish PV industrial bases.
IPVEA reviews regions and that best serve PV equipment suppliers Media partner editorial Other news (discounts and promotions exclusive to IPVEA members)
APRIL 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin PV Matrix update: new partnerships promoting PV Matrix for SNEC 2012
Media partner editorial Feature: Summary and analysis of Q1 2012 Books to Bill data Outline of IPVEA-EU PVSNEC PV Production Forum programme and publication of deadline for presentation proposals, for July
JUNE 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin & digital Feature: SNEC review Feature: Review of IPVEA-SNEC PV production technology conference programme
Other news (discounts and promotions exclusive to IPVEA members) Nanomarkets submission (TCO for PVs, business case for BIPV, materials in PV manufacturing i.e. CIGS, metals, nanomaterials etc)
OCTOBER 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin Feature: Review of EU PVSEC 2012 Feature: PV Production Forum review News from IPVEA board meeting Other news (discounts and promotions exclusive to IPVEA members)
DECEMBER 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin & digital & printed
IPVEA plans for 2012 Nanomarkets submission (TCO for PVs, business case for BIPV, materials in PV manufacturing i.e. CIGS, metals, nanomaterials)
AUGUST 2012
IPVEA update : bulletin & digital Feature: Outlook for rest of 2012 (produced by IPVEA and PV industry analyst partners)
Media partner editorial EUPVSEC preview: Events / members / forum
Latest market, product and technology news, SNEC booth
SHOW SPECIAL
Latest market, product & tech. news, EUPVSEC booth from members
SHOW SPECIAL
PV Matrix update: new partnerships promoting PV Matrix for SNEC
SHOW PREVIEW
Feature: Outlook for rest of 2012 (produced by IPVEA and PV industry
SHOW PREVIEW
SHOW REVIEW
SHOW REVIEW
IPVEA: Publishing Schedule for 2012
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EuropE IPVEA
P.O. Box 1610D-63406, Hanau
Germany
NorTH AMErICAIPVEA
P.O. Box 771507, OrlandoFlorida 32877
USATel: +1 407 856 9100
ASIA-pACIFICIPVEA
Rm 603, APEC Plaza49 Hoi Yuen Road, Kwun Tong
Hong KongTel: +852 2623 2317
Managing Director: Bryan Ekusekus@ipvea.com
Registration Number: Court Hanau VR 31714
www.IpvEA.org
The IPVEA Team
North AmericaBryan Ekus, Managing Director, Florida, USALarry Jaffee, New York, USAEllen Parker, Miami, USA
Europe Bryan Ekus, Hanau, GermanyMetacom Communications, Hanau, GermanySara Ver-Bruggen, London, UKDarren Stacey, London, UK
Asia-PacificAndy Chan, Hong Kong Michelle Wong, Hong Kong
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