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, 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 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 Mon, Nov 17, 2008 @ 03:44 PM
Industry Experts Present How Winning Solar Manufacturers Use Manufacturing and Quality Execution Systems to Deliver Maximum Output and Profit Per Line
Charlotte, NC - November 17, 2008 - Camstar Systems, Inc. today announced that it will host a Solar Industry webinar titled "Reduce Your Cost Per Watt - Rapidly and Reliably". The webinar will be held December 4, 2008 at 1:00 pm EST.
"The winners in Solar manufacturing will effectively produce products with a low cost per watt," said Karim Lokas, Vice President of Product Strategy for Camstar. "The keys to their market leadership and nearly unlimited growth are speed of innovation and the ability to increase production volume while delivering top quality."
In the webinar, industry experts will discuss how top solar manufacturers are embracing an enterprise manufacturing and quality execution platform to maximize output and profit from every production line. They will describe how manufacturers can deliver real-time feedback of product performance to engineering and R&D for effective process and technology improvement; and the platform approach helps manufacturers ensure process consistency, predictability and output across the entire value chain.
Guest speakers from Emcore Photovoltaics, a Camstar customer, will share how manufacturing and quality systems have helped them improve essential business processes:
- Scaling volume without compromising quality
- Detecting issues early and rapidly determining root cause
- Reducing field failures with preventive, predictive, proactive quality
- Enforcing best known methods (BKMs)
- Increasing overall equipment uptime and utilization
- Automating data acquisition and process control
The webinar is open to professionals involved in photovoltaic manufacturing and related industries. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Those interested can register online at www.camstar.com/cost-per-watt.html .
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar's Enterprise Manufacturing Execution, Quality and Intelligence platform enables "Closed-Loop Quality Execution," the end-to-end business process that surrounds manufacturing and quality operations. Camstar's unparalleled solution optimizes the innovation and risk equation by monitoring and controlling global manufacturing and quality, and by delivering process interoperability and best practices. The result is shorter time-to-market and time-to-volume, the highest quality products, and leaner, more efficient operations.
Designed for ultimate configurability and built on a service-oriented architecture, Camstar's comprehensive solution set includes industry-specific, out-of-the-box applications and a proven implementation methodology that ensures successful deployment and rapid time to benefit. More than 100 leading companies, including Boston Scientific, Zeiss, Applied Biosystems, ZOLL, CIBA Vision, BIOTRONIK, Stirling Medical Innovations, IBM, Hitachi, AMD, IBM, Kodak and Sony Ericsson BMC rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner.
For more information, please visit http://www.camstar.com/.
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Media Contacts:
Chris Parsons, Camstar Systems, Inc.
cparsons@camstar.com
(704) 227-6617
Posted on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 @ 03:49 PM
Adams Brings a Deep Knowledge of the User Community and Business Issues Facing the Manufacturing Industry
Charlotte, NC - November 12, 2008 - Camstar, the leading provider of Enterprise Manufacturing and Quality Execution solutions, today announced that Jason Adams, Vice President of Sales, North America and Europe, has been named to the Board of Directors for the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International. MESA is a community of manufacturing end users, systems integrators, hardware and software suppliers, industry analysts and consultants.
Adams has extensive Life Sciences and High Tech manufacturing experience and has been a thought leader at Camstar for more than 15 years. Jason's deep understanding of the manufacturing community and business issues facing Life Sciences and High Tech Industries will greatly assist MESA in guiding new topic areas, programs and informational materials.
"Jason Adams' experience and expertise in ‘Next Generation' Manufacturing and Quality aligns very well to MESA's strategic initiative for Quality and Regulatory Compliance," said John Dyck, MESA Board Chairman from Rockwell Automation. "We expect that he will take an active leadership position in helping to educate end users and the industry as a whole in this key area."
Adams will leverage the relationships he has cultivated over many years to encourage end user involvement and ultimately drive new membership to the organization. He will also bring new opportunities to MESA through his extensive experience in defining and penetrating new markets, and will help further define and position the future of strategic Manufacturing, Quality and Intelligence solutions in the context of the global enterprise.
"MESA International is an outstanding organization that has exhibited its thought leadership time and time again through its numerous conferences, research and publications," said Adams. "Camstar has long been an active member of MESA, and we are pleased to expand the relationship through this appointment."
About MESA International
MESA is an association of manufacturers/producers, solution providers and industry professionals, promoting innovation and best practices sharing, with a goal of delivering valuable knowledge around operations-centric enterprise solutions. MESA defines industry standard methodologies and approaches that allow manufacturers/producers to bridge execution excellence with enterprise level requirements. MESA's industry events, symposiums and publications help cultivate understanding, analysis and the exchange of strategies and innovation to achieve manufacturing leadership. For more information, please visit: http://www.mesa.org/.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar's Enterprise Manufacturing Execution, Quality and Intelligence platform enables "Closed-Loop Quality Execution," the end-to-end business process that surrounds manufacturing and quality operations. Camstar's unparalleled solution optimizes the innovation and risk equation by monitoring and controlling global manufacturing and quality, and by delivering process interoperability and best practices. The result is shorter time-to-market and time-to-volume, the highest quality products, and leaner, more efficient operations.
Designed for ultimate configurability and built on a service-oriented architecture, Camstar's comprehensive solution set includes industry-specific, out-of-the-box applications and a proven implementation methodology that ensures successful deployment and rapid time to benefit. More than 100 leading companies, including Boston Scientific, Zeiss, Applied Biosystems, ZOLL, CIBA Vision, BIOTRONIK, Stirling Medical Innovations, IBM, Hitachi, AMD, IBM, Kodak and Sony Ericsson BMC rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner.
For more information, please visit http://www.camstarsystems.cn/ or http://www.camstar.com/.
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Media Contacts:
Chris Parsons, Camstar Systems, Inc.
cparsons@camstar.com
(704) 227-6617