Muehlbauer‘s strength lies in connecting expertise across very different industries, and turning that combination into new markets.
20+ years of reel-to-reel automation
now powering flexible solar
Solar wasn‘t a new beginning for Muehlbauer. It was the next chapter in a story of manufacturing expertise built long before the first solar cell ever left our production line.
From Pioneering Automation
to Flexible Solar
Flexible solar technology is gaining importance as part of a sustainable energy mix, opening up markets that traditional rigid photovoltaic panels cannot serve, from building-integrated photovoltaics to mobile electronics and off-grid applications. MB ATECH provides reel-to-reel production equipment for the full range of back-end manufacturing processes, converting thin film and organic solar materials such as CIGS, a-Si and OPV into flexible solar panels and products. Built on more than 20 years of reel-to-reel automation expertise, pioneered in the RFID Smart Label market, our technologies enable customers worldwide to manufacture flexible solar solutions in reel-to-reel processes that stay cost-effective even at high volumes.
From RAW MATERIAL
to Finished Panel
The manufacturing of flexible solar technologies splits into front-end and back-end processes. While the input material, thin film or organic solar substances such as CIGS, a-Si or OPV, is produced upstream and supplied as a roll, MB ATECH covers the full range of back-end processes: cell structuring, cell stringing, module assembly, lamination and encapsulation. One partner, every step from roll to finished flexible solar product.
