Posted on Tue, Feb 09, 2010 @ 12:44 PM
Reveals Why Solar Leaders Embrace Camstar's SolarSuiteTM as the Manufacturing Platform of Choice for Manufacturing Efficiency and Product Quality
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 9, 2010) - Camstar Systems, Inc. today announced that it will host a new Solar Industry webcast on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 1:00pm EST.
In the webcast, industry experts will discuss why leading solar manufacturers are embracing Camstar's SolarSuiteTM to speed innovation, increase production yields and volume, and maximize asset utilization - while delivering consistent top quality from every production run. These manufacturers are improving profitability while their products and processes continuously evolve, and they are poised for market leadership and nearly unlimited growth.
The session features a demonstration of how Camstar's Enterprise Platform helps Solar manufacturers:
- Reduce variability and scrap in a constantly changing environment
- Accelerate continuous improvement to drive down Cost per Watt
- Detect issues early and rapidly determine root cause
- Deliver real-time feedback of product performance for effective process and technology improvement
- Enforce best known methods (BKMs)
- Increase overall equipment uptime and utilization
- Streamline operations with standards-based integration with cell controllers
- Scale to a global enterprise with 24x7 operations.
There is no charge to attend this event, but pre-registration is required. To learn more and register, visit: www.camstar.info/feb232010-solar.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, providing solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management and manufacturing intelligence. For over 20 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSole, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx, Zeiss, and ZOLL.
For more information, visit http://www.camstar.com/
Posted on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 @ 12:42 PM
Top Medical Device Manufacturer Selects Single Platform for Manufacturing Execution and Quality Management to Enable Quality Improvements and to Reduce Risk
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 2, 2010) - Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Terumo Cardiovascular Systems (CVS), a premier global provider of medical devices focused on cardiac and vascular specialties, has selected the Camstar Enterprise PlatformTM to support continuous improvement, and to ensure consistent process enforcement and top product quality across the enterprise. The multi-site deployment of Camstar's integrated enterprise Manufacturing Execution (MES), Quality Management (QMS) - including Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Event Management and Nonconformance Management - and Manufacturing Intelligence capabilities, will help close the loop on manufacturing and quality processes.
"Terumo CVS delivers precisely designed and meticulously manufactured products to our customers," said Mark Lincoln, Vice President of Operations for Terumo CVS. "Our objective with Camstar is to drive continuous improvement in our manufacturing processes and quality systems. Camstar's closed-loop approach to quality will help us move beyond traditional compliance-focused processes to a proactive environment with early detection and prevention of issues, the visibility to quickly find and correct root causes and drive consistency across all plants in order to achieve world class manufacturing."
"We needed a proven solution in the Medical Device industry that we could deploy quickly for immediate benefits," said Kevin Doughty, Director of Supply Chain for Terumo CVS. "Camstar stands out for its integrated and easy-to-use MES and QMS, robust technology that will grow with us, knowledgeable people and totally satisfied customers. We are confident that with Camstar we'll move our processes forward rapidly."
"Medical Device companies continue to adopt Camstar's Enterprise Platform for their complex, global operations," said Jason Adams, Camstar's Vice President of Sales for North America and Europe. "As they focus on achieving consistent high product quality across the global value chain, they rely on a comprehensive platform for manufacturing execution and quality to make it possible."
Learn more about Version 4.5 of Camstar's Enterprise Platform for Advancing Product Quality.
About Terumo
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation manufactures and markets medical devices for the global cardiac surgery market and is the U.S. distributor for Vascutek® Vascular Grafts. The company is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan with manufacturing operations in Ann Arbor; Elkton, Maryland; and Ashland, Massachusetts. It is one of several subsidiaries of Terumo Corporation of Japan that is focused exclusively on cardiac and vascular specialties, including Terumo Heart Inc., developer of a ventricular assist device and Vascutek Ltd., a global leader in the design and manufacture of vascular grafts.
For more information, visit http://www.terumo-cvs.com/.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, providing solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management and manufacturing intelligence. For over 20 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSole, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx, Zeiss, and ZOLL.
For more information, please visit http://www.camstar.com/.
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Posted on Tue, Jan 12, 2010 @ 12:39 PM
Leading Solar Power Innovator to Deploy Camstar's SolarSuiteTM to Achieve Dramatic Cost Reduction Goals and Support Future Technology Improvements
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 12, 2010) - Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that SpectraWatt, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced silicon photovoltaic cells for the solar industry, has selected Camstar's SolarSuiteTM, configured for the Solar industry on the Camstar Enterprise Platform, to support its manufacturing and quality goals into the future.
"SpectraWatt is focusing on innovative solar cell technologies that will dramatically reduce the cost of solar energy generation in the future," said Rick Haug, COO of SpectraWatt. "We needed a proven solution that is flexible enough to adapt quickly to our changing technologies and drive rapid quality improvements. Camstar's long track record of customer success and their deep understanding of the solar industry were key aspects that set them apart in the market. They have been a great company to work with."
"We were impressed with Camstar's rapid implementation times, and the ease of use of their application," said Bruce Reedy, MES/ERP Engineer for SpectraWatt. "The ease of integration with our other business and automation systems was also a key factor in our decision."
"We are delighted to partner with SpectraWatt in their mission to drive down the cost of solar energy generation," said Jason Adams, Vice President of Sales for Camstar. "Our seamless Enterprise Platform for manufacturing execution, quality management and manufacturing intelligence is able to model the entire solar supply chain from ingot to wafer to cell to module to system - making Camstar a strategic fit for our growing base of top solar manufacturers and key solar innovators like SpectraWatt. The system collects and analyzes large volumes of data being generated by automated tools, prompting immediate action for rapid process improvement and increased equipment efficiency - driving real, measurable quality improvements faster."
About SpectraWatt
SpectraWatt is a manufacturer and supplier of photovoltaic cells for the solar industry. In addition to focusing on advanced solar cell technologies, SpectraWatt concentrates on improvements in current manufacturing processes and capabilities to reduce the cost of photovoltaic energy generation. Its mission is to deliver solar energy at grid parity through product and manufacturing technology innovation. Investors include Intel Capital, Cogentrix Energy, PCG Clean Energy and Technology Fund and Solon SE.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, providing solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management and manufacturing intelligence. For over 20 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSole, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx, Zeiss, and ZOLL.
For more information, visit http://www.camstar.com/
Posted on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 @ 12:34 PM
Newest Release Delivers Key Advancements in Closed-loop Quality Process for Global Discrete, Batch and Hybrid Operations
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (December 9, 2009) - Camstar Systems, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Platform solutions to Advance Product Quality, announced today that it has released Camstar Enterprise PlatformTM 4.5 for general availability. Enhancements in version 4.5 - driven in collaboration with leading manufacturers using the Platform - include expanded enterprise-caliber capabilities for global enterprises with multiple manufacturing locations and outsourced operations. Version 4.5 augments the Platform's configurability and usability to allow users to quickly adopt the solution with minimal training - even where complex manufacturing and processes span discrete, batch and hybrid operations.
Customers adopting the Camstar Enterprise Platform have quickly achieved dramatic results. A top life sciences manufacturer using Camstar ManufacturingTM in its discrete manufacturing area recently deployed Camstar Weigh and DispenseTM 4.5 to standardize on the Camstar Enterprise Platform across its batch reagent and discrete operations. The company reports that full traceability from finished product back to raw material enables easier root cause analysis across multiple batches and devices.
A leading global high-tech manufacturer that expanded its Camstar Manufacturing solution with Camstar QualityTM completed the deployment 12 weeks from start to finish. As a result, the company reports it has increased output while decreasing the rate of occurrence of quality incidents.
"The new release is a leap forward toward Camstar's strategic vision of a comprehensive platform to Advance Product Quality for the Enterprise," said Karim Lokas, Vice President of Product Strategy and Marketing for Camstar. "The high level of excitement by new and existing customers who plan to deploy 4.5 underscores the value Camstar is delivering through its continuous investment in R&D. The enterprise-caliber technology and usability make it possible for leading manufacturers to quickly realize benefits across their global operations."
To learn more about the version 4.5 of Camstar's Enterprise Platform for Advancing Product Quality and to register to view the Official 4.5 Launch Event, visit www.camstar.info/45demorequest-website.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, including solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management and manufacturing intelligence. For over 25 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSole, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx, Zeiss and ZOLL. For more information, please visit http://www.camstar.com/.
Posted on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 @ 12:32 PM
Camstar's Manufacturing Platform to Support Commercialization, Production Volume and Quality Enforcement
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (November 11, 2009) - Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Pacific Biosciences, a leader in the development of a transformative Single Molecule Real Time (SMRTTM) DNA sequencing platform, has selected the Camstar ManufacturingTM enterprise software platform to enable its critical transition from product development to high-volume production, and to ensure consistent top product quality.
As an industry innovator, Pacific Biosciences is growing rapidly, and the scalable manufacturing platform will enable the company to shorten time-to-volume and rapidly develop, roll out and enforce best practices across new production lines and plants.
"Pacific Biosciences is committed to delivering innovative products with the highest price performance in the industry," said Bruce Leisz, Vice President of Operations and Program Management for Pacific Biosciences. "Camstar's manufacturing execution platform will provide visibility and consistent control over our expanding manufacturing processes and resources. Access to a rich set of intelligence about our processes accelerates our ability to continuously innovate and improve."
"Camstar is seeing rapid adoption of our solutions across the most innovative Diagnostics and Biotechnology industries," said Jason Adams, Camstar's Vice President of Sales for North America and Europe. "As companies commercialize their breakthrough products, they realize that achieving consistently high product quality in the midst of highly complex processes requires a comprehensive platform for manufacturing execution and quality."
See Camstar's Enterprise Platform for Advancing Product Quality, configured specifically for Biotechnology.
About Pacific Biosciences
Pacific Biosciences' mission is to transform the way humankind acquires processes and interprets data from living systems. The company has developed a disruptive technology platform for the real-time detection of biological events at single molecule resolution. Single Molecule Real Time (SMRTTM) Biology promises to revolutionize the life sciences by revealing the underlying networks that define living systems. The first application for the SMRT Biology platform is a paradigm changing approach to DNA sequencing. The SMRT Sequencing System will ultimately make it possible to sequence individual genomes as part of routine medical care. DNA sequencing is expected to be the first of many transformative SMRT Biology applications that will benefit society by driving radical advances in fields such as personalized medicine, agriculture, clean energy, and global health.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is the largest innovator of software solutions that advance product quality, including manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. Camstar serves hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE PMC, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, MiaSole, NXP, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx and Zeiss.
For more information, please visit http://www.camstar.com/.
Posted on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 @ 12:30 PM
Leading Provider of Enterprise Software for Quality Manufacturing Sees Acceleration in Solar, High Tech Industries, Strong Life Sciences Showing
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 29, 2009) - Camstar Systems, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise software that Advances Product Quality for the Medical Device, BioPharma, Solar, Semiconductor and Electronics industries, today announced that revenue and profit were up for the third straight quarter as of the three-month period ending September 30, 2009 (the third quarter of its 2009 fiscal year).
Camstar reported strong license revenue growth, with 85% of license revenue from new customers. Solar manufacturers comprised a significant portion of that revenue, as that industry ramps up new production facilities with rigorous quality requirements. Camstar has the largest Solar manufacturers in the world as its customers - adding Q-Cells and Canadian Solar.
Camstar also reported significant growth in its APAC and European operations, as High Tech starts to rebound. Medical Device and Biotechnology companies are also showing renewed commitment to investment in quality systems, especially as looming health reform promises to drive efficiency and quality requirements. Roche Diagnostics extended its deployment of Camstar ManufacturingTM by adding Camstar's Weigh and Dispense module for their reagent manufacturing operations.
"We are pleased with this very positive trend over three quarters now," said Scott Toney, President and CEO of Camstar. "We are seeing increasing investment not only across Life Sciences, but also a strong uptake in the Solar industry. Our Camstar QualityTM offering is proving to be a game changer, as we see many of our engagements being strategic, enterprise-wide investments that include our entire platform - manufacturing execution, quality management and manufacturing intelligence."
"The acquisition of Technology Resources Group, announced earlier this week, puts us in a strong position to continue our rapid revenue growth in Solar, Semiconductor and Electronics in the APAC region," continued Mr. Toney. "Our continued healthy financial performance supports not only our increased R&D investment over the last few years, but these kinds of strategic investments we continue to make as a business."
Camstar hosted its 2009 Customer Conference in Q3, a unique virtual conference for its customers in North America which proved to be the most attended event in the company's history. Speakers included Boston Scientific, MiaSolé, Roche Diagnostics and SanDisk. Some of the results reported by this group include:
- 66% reduction in quality incidents
- Rapid volume ramp without increase in number or severity of quality issues
- Elimination of four critical types of nonconformances
- Improved process understanding with an end-to-end platform for batch and discrete operations
- Rapid four-week first deployment
- Increased efficiency in global rollout through use of Camstar Extended Services and Global Partners.
"Camstar's customers have always been actively engaged, and they again shared energetically at our customer event," said Robert Rudder, Sr. VP of Global Sales and Marketing for Camstar. "It's rewarding to see the results of the combined Camstar and customer commitment to the success of each project."
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, including solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. For over 25 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSole, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Pacific Biosciences, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx, Zeiss, and ZOLL.
For more information, visit http://www.camstar.com/
Posted on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 @ 12:25 PM
Leading Manufacturing and Quality Software Provider Teams with Asia's Top High Tech Systems Integrator, Expanding Service and Support in Asia Pacific Region
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 27, 2009) - Camstar Systems, Inc., the leading provider of manufacturing and quality software solutions for the Life Sciences, Solar and High Tech industries, today announced that it has acquired Technology Resources Group, Asia's leading Systems Integrator in the Semiconductor, Solar and Electronics manufacturing industries. Headquartered in Singapore with offices in China and Malaysia, Technology Resources Group offers expertise in manufacturing execution equipment automation, manufacturing applications development and program management for enterprise solution deployments.
Camstar's acquisition of Technology Resources Group strengthens its leadership position in the Semiconductor, Solar and Electronics markets by expanding its services and support team in the Asia Pacific region. The move is expected to accelerate the growth of Camstar's comprehensive Manufacturing and Quality Platform in the region, where multinational, Chinese and Southeast Asian manufacturers alike focus on driving sustained growth while delivering to the quality standards that are expected by the global marketplace.
"Technology Resources Group is a longstanding and trusted partner, and their unwavering commitment to customer service and success mirrors our own," said Scott Toney, Camstar President and CEO. "This acquisition is a key part of Camstar's strategy for dominating the manufacturing execution and quality management markets in Asia, which continues to grow as the production destination for global manufacturers. Also, we will be well positioned to serve the Medical Device and Biotech industries as they expand manufacturing operations into Asia, ensuring product quality which is so critical to the Life Science sector."
"Technology Resources Group has significant expertise and domain knowledge that will allow us to extend our industry-leading solutions for Solar, Semiconductor and Electronics," said Robert Rudder, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for Camstar. "Our combined services and support teams will further enhance our ability to expand our current Systems Integrator and Reseller partner network in China, which is critical to Camstar achieving our growth targets in the local China market."
"We are delighted and excited to join Camstar and lead their growth in the Asia region," said Kong Eng Teck, Technology Resource Group's founder and CEO, who will assume the role of Managing Director, Camstar Asia. "Our mutual vision for the region as well as our combined commitment to customers should allow us to quickly gain market share in our industries and help facilitate the technical development of additional partners in the region. The positive synergies between the two organizations make this union not only a win for our companies, but more importantly a significant win for our customers in Asia. "
"Camstar's multiyear strategy for global expansion, as required to meet the expectations of our global customers, is on track," continued Scott Toney "Our prudent management of the business has allowed us to invest heavily in R&D over the last two and a half years while maintaining the strong financial position to make this strategic investment. This acquisition will serve as a foundation to support the rapid growth we expect as the economy improves, led by the economic recovery of Asia."
Technology Resources Group is a premiere systems integrator strategically focused on supplying advanced technology products and services to the semiconductor, solar and electronics industries. Founded in 2003 by ex-TRW management, TR Group has its headquarters in Singapore with offices in China and Malaysia. Technology Resource Group's reputed team of domain-experts and technology consultants insure the rapid and efficient implementation of Manufacturing Execution, Equipment Automation and Advanced Planning/Scheduling systems throughout the region.
Recognized by AMR Research as one of the global systems integrators [Service Providers in Manufacturing Operations, November 2006], TR Group had been singled out as having established capabilities to serve the High Tech and Electronics Industries. TR Group's clients are among the list of top fortune 500 companies, including large multinational corporations AMD, Canadian Solar, Cypress and SanDisk. For more information, visit http://www.techresgroup.com/
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, including solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. For over 25 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSole, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Pacific Biosciences, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx, Zeiss, and ZOLL.
For more information, visit http://www.camstar.com/
Posted on Tue, Oct 20, 2009 @ 12:16 PM
Largest Global Solar Cell Manufacturer Selects Camstar's SolarSuiteTM to Lower Cost per Watt and Drive Quality Output
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 20, 2009) - Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Q-Cells SE (QCE; ISIN DE0005558662), the world's largest solar cell manufacturer, has selected Camstar's SolarSuiteTM, configured for the Solar industry on the Camstar Enterprise Platform, to drive down cost per watt through improved process quality and cell efficiency.
Q-Cells will deploy the solution in two new production lines in Bitterfeld-Thalheim, Germany, and in its new factory in Malaysia where production will exceed 300MW (peak) by the end of 2010.
Q-Cells selected SolarSuite over competing options for its strong "out-of-the-box" functionality that is designed specifically for and widely used by Camstar's global customers in the Solar and Semiconductor industries. In addition, in Q-Cells' environment of rapid process improvement and frequent tool upgrades, the unique flexibility of Camstar's platform enables rapid adaptation, global control and change enforcement - all critical to support Q-Cells' growth and quality goals.
"We are very pleased to be a strategic partner for Q-Cells as they create the most modern, fully automated solar cell production lines in the world," said Robert Rudder, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for Camstar. "We have made significant investment in our enterprise platform as a seamless foundation for manufacturing execution, quality management and manufacturing intelligence. That technology is delivering the ability not only to collect large volumes of data from automated tools, but to quickly analyze and immediately act upon that data for process improvement and increased equipment efficiency - driving real, measurable quality improvements faster."
Learn more about Camstar's SolarSuite in a live Webcast on November 5, 2009.
About Q-Cells Founded in 1999, Q-Cells SE is today one of the world's biggest manufacturers of solar cells. In 2008 the company, which currently employs around 2,400 staff, produced mono- and multicrystalline solar cells with expected total power of 570 Megawatt peak (MWp) and supplied them to solar module producers around the world. More than 250 scientists and engineers at Q-Cells are working on further developing the technology in order to attain the company's objective of rapidly and permanently reducing the cost of photovoltaic and making the technology affordable and competitive. As well as core business activities, since mid-2008 several Q-Cells SE subsidiaries have been producing photovoltaic modules on the basis of various thin-film technologies. Q-Cells SE is building a production plant in Malaysia, has branches in Hong Kong, China and Japan, is quoted on the Frankfurt stock exchange (QCE; WKN 555866) and is listed in the German technology index, TecDAX. For more information, visit http://www.q-cells.com/.
About Camstar Systems, Inc. Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, including solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. For over 20 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSole, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Pacific Biosciences, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx, Zeiss, and ZOLL.
Posted on Tue, Aug 25, 2009 @ 04:33 PM
Live Customer-exclusive Virtual Event to Share How Industry Leaders are Advancing Product Quality
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 30, 2009) - Camstar Systems, Inc. today announced that it will host a virtual customer event for North America on September 17, 2009. The event will feature expert customer speakers from Roche Diagnostics, and a leading manufacturer in solar thin film, among others.
Presenters from these top manufacturers will share insight into:
- Expanding global Manufacturing Execution System deployments
- Diversifying into batch processes
- Opening new plants with all new technology
- Embracing the platform approach to product quality with the expansion of the Camstar platform to Quality Management.
The event will also provide attendees with a "sneak peek" into the upcoming version 4.5 of Camstar's Enterprise Platform for Advancing Product Quality. The new release will include new functionality across its manufacturing execution, quality management, and manufacturing intelligence products. The platform is the first in the industry to truly support Closed-Loop Quality, which is Camstar's model that unifies product and process design, planning, supply, manufacturing, and customer experience.
"The 2009 Virtual Customer Cruise is a great opportunity for our customers across a variety of industries, including Life Sciences, Solar and High Tech manufacturing, to hear first-hand how their peers are using the Camstar platform to advance product quality," said Scott Toney, Camstar's President and CEO. "Executives report that Product Quality is a key strategic objective in driving significant top line growth as well as reducing operational costs and risk. We are very pleased to include Roche and leading solar and high tech customers as part of the agenda, and believe that their knowledge and experience will make this an event to remember for all of our customers."
Registration for the 2009 Camstar Virtual Customer Cruise is open to current Camstar customers at no fee. For more information about the event, please visit http://www.camstarcruise.com/?utm_campaign=PR_camstar.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of manufacturing software solutions that advance product quality, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, including enterprise solutions for manufacturing execution systems, process planning, quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. For over 25 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Boston Scientific, Kodak, Carl Zeiss, Life Technologies, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, ZOLL, CIBA Vision, AMD, BIOTRONIK, Hitachi, IBM and Eagle Test.
For more information, please visit http://www.camstar.com/.