Tordivel Solar Latest Addition to Semilab Portfolio
Printer-friendly versionBudapest Hungary – Feb. 17. 2011- Semilab the leading metrology manufacturer of automated and stand alone measurement tools for PV applications announced today that it has acquired the assets of Tordivel Solar for an undisclosed amount of cash. As part of the deal the majority of Tordivel Solar employees have now been engaged by Semilab.
“This acquisition strengthens our product offering in incoming substrate and PV process metrology and inspection” commented Tibor Pavelka President and CEO of Semilab. “Tordivel Solar is a major supplier of imaging and inspection products for in line use and we are happy to add their quality products to our extensive portfolio”.
The current acquisition combined with the acquisition last year by Semilab of the Basler micro-crack inspections systems now means sorter manufacturers and PV cell/wafer producers have a single supplier solution for all their metrology, inspection and analysis needs. Tordivel Solar’s recipe and yield management software already supported the Semilab series of in line thickness, sheet resistivity and lifetime measurement systems as well as the Semilab (formerly Basler) micro crack inspection systems.
The systems are built on Scorpion Vision Software® for user friendliness, configurability, reliability, flexibility and ease of maintenance. The Scorpion Vision Software is supplied by Tordivel Solar’s sister company Tordivel AS, and Semilab and Tordivel AS has entered into a Software License Agreement, where Tordivel will serve Semilab on an exclusive basis within the Wafer Inspection Business.
“With these two agreements, we have found a solid technological platform and a strong international sales organization for our PV products, while giving Tordivel AS a very interesting partner and customer within our core business of Scorpon Vision Software” said Einar Schultz, Chairman of Tordivel Solar AS, and Board Member of Tordivel AS.
About Semilab: Semilab is the fourth largest pure play metrology company in the world concentrating on metrology and inspection solutions for the PV and semiconductor industry and the materials research markets. Offering technologies including non-contact electrical measurements, contact electrical measurements, optical measurements and X-ray measurements Semilab’s mission statement is to provide the best technology at a competitive price that suits the customer needs.
About Tordivel AS: Tordivel AS is a global machine vision company. Our unique and independent Scorpion Vision Software® is the platform for world class vision systems and OEM solutions
For further information contact:
NAME: Tibor Pavelka, President and CEO, Semilab Co. Ltd.
Phone: +36-1-505-4690
Email: semilab@semilab.hu
NAME: Thor Vollset, CEO Tordivel AS
Phone: +47 992 69 649
Email: thor@tordivel.no