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Applied Materials Sees Strong Demand for Esatto Double Print Technology for Manufacturing Higher Efficiency, Lower Cost Solar Cells

Esatto Technology is a high precision, multi-step printing capability

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Applied Materials, Inc. announced at the SNEC 2010 PV Power Expo that its Esatto Technology is expected to be used in more than 2 gigawatts of annual cell manufacturing capacity in the next few months at customer sites in China, Taiwan and Europe. Customers have demonstrated 0.46% absolute cell efficiency gains with Esatto Technology, and up to a 14% reduction in consumption of silver printing paste. This combination of higher efficiency and reduced material expense is projected to lower man...

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