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Villach/Austria - acp-Information Technology GmbH participates in the Light Rolls – Consortium and InFrame Synapse Process Control System will be the contribution to the consortium.

Light-Rolls project takes care of cost efficient production for light modules. The EC funded project Light-Rolls was started by kick-off meeting at 7th of July 2009. The project focuses research and development of modular based production units for the seamless, high throughput manufacture of micro-structured, polymer based components and microsystems. The scientific objective aims to realize structures in the micron range and integrate also dies to be assembled in high-speed and parallel by benefit of self assembling. Nanoparticle dispersions used in fast conductive track printing technologies will allow the parallel generation of conductive lines.

These processes comprise the founding elements of the Light-Rolls technology platform with a roll-to-roll philosophy. The manufacturing modules will be integrable, exchangeable, with mechanical, fluidic and IT interfaces, to make it easy and cost efficient to adjust the sequence of process steps to the product to be produced. Beside the translation of processes for high-throughput manufacturing, high yield will be achieved by the application of advanced process control and production IT methods. Lines run without dangerous chemicals and use integrated recycling.

"Our contribution to the project of the consortium will be the InFrame Synapse Process Control System product, accordingly our deep experience in applied manufacturing process control and diagnostics, as well as our long years experience in equipment integration and respective standards in semiconductor and photovoltaics”, says Roland Willmann – Project Manager of the project on the side of acp-Information Technology GmbH. "The project is deepening our understanding for requirements and challenges in a high-tech printing process and more general in nano-technologies."

For future products a Light-Rolls knowledge base for design for manufacturing will be elaborated. A pilot line will be set-up, tested for fabrication of flexible LED-display systems. Manufacture of other components like Lab-on-Chip or integration of new micro-energy storage components is possible in future to address needs of European industry. Project website www.light-rolls.eu with details about the project, the partners and the planed exploitation will be available in September.

For any requests please contact project office:
info(at)light-rolls.eu; Prodintec dgf(at)prodintec.com and microTEC info(at)microtec-d.com

Light Rolls Partner: Prodintec Spain, microTEC Gesellschaft für Mikrotechnologie mbH Germany, Norbert Schläfli Maschinen Zofingen Switzerland, Centro Ricerche FIAT S.C.p.A. Italy, Design LED Products Ltd United Kingdom, acp-Information Technology GmbH Austria, Fraunhofer IPA Germany, Xaar Jet AB Sweden, microelectronica S.A. Romania;

Project is co-funded by European Community's Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement n° CP-TP 228686

acp-IT and Systema announce partnership in Manufacturing Efficiency

08/17/09, Stuttgart, GERMANY – acp-IT, a manufacturing solutions company, announce partnership with Systema GmbH, a manufacturing automation and system integration company, to support the solar industry in areas of manufacturing efficiency. This agreement extends acp-IT’s InFrame Synapse Process Control System (PCS) and Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) presence within Photovoltaic market.

InFrame Synapse PCS (Process Control System) software platform address yield improvement through rich functionalities in the areas of process control, process data collection and automated data correlation analysis, while the InFrame Synapse APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) is a powerful tool for short-, mid- or long-term planning of production line and equipment utilization.

Under the terms of the partnering agreement, Systema will provide distribution and integration support for the InFrame Synapse Process Control System (PCS) and Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solution worldwide. In addition, acp-IT will be able to enhance their delivery portfolio with the long-years experienced integration service portfolio of Systema GmbH.

"InFrame Synapse PCS & APS System provides the best solution on the market for our customers to master with the increasing IT requirements of continuously growing production volumes while driving down product costs. We believe that in collaborating with acp-IT, we are able to offer a more complete, integrated solution than available on the market today”,said Manfred Austen, CEO of Systema GmbH.

Dr. Frank Frauenhoffer, CEO of acp-IT stated in addition: "Together with Systema GmbH we will increase the market presence of our InFrame Synapse production-IT solutions. In addition we are able to enhance our integration and project capacities with the experts from Systema GmbH if necessary. We strongly believe that together with Systema offer the best solutions for manufacturing efficiency in combination with professional services for the fast growing Photovoltaic market”.

About acp-IT

acp-IT provides with its InFrame Synapse product family IT-solutions for PV industry and other automation of high-tech production sites and equipment. These solutions make a substantial contribution to the optimization of our clients' production processes. Focus of acp-IT’s product portfolio are systems for production planning and control (Manufacturing Execution Systems, MES), systems for process control and –optimization (Process Control Systems, PCS) as well as fab simulation of highly automated production lines.

www.acp-it.com
pcs.acp-it.com

About Systema GmbH

SYSTEMA GmbH is a recognized leader in manufacturing system integration for the semiconductor and PV industry. SYSTEMA'S product and service portfolio has a proven track record to significantly reduce IT's TCO, manufacturing operating cost, and help avoid capital expenditure while maintaining the system flexibility required in today's ever changing business environment.

www.systemagmbh.de

For more information, please contact:
Frank Bölstler, Branch Manager
Phone: +49 (351) 20 78 18-0
Email: frank.boelstler(at)acp-it.com
http://www.acp-it.com
http://pcs.acp-it.com

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Ricco Walter, Senior Manager Sales & Marketing
Phone: +49 (351) 88 24 - 615
Email: ricco.walter(at)systemagmbh.de
http://www.systemagmbh.de