According to Amtech, the grant was obtained jointly with one of Tempress' European solar research partners, and will be used for developing a process method to improve solar energy conversion efficiency rate.
"This grant from the Dutch government is the latest in a series of recent Company business developments that demonstrate our growing technology expertise in the front-end manufacturing of solar cells," said J.S. Whang, President and CEO of Amtech. "We continue to be optimistic about the long-term growth opportunities in the solar market and our ability to capture that growth by offering multiple solar production tools and becoming a technology turnkey product supplier to the diffusion, PSG, and PECVD markets."
Amtech Systems manufactures capital equipment, including silicon wafer handling automation, thermal processing equipment and related consumables used in fabricating solar cells and semiconductor devices.
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