Camstar Systems, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina) on September 15th, 2009 announced that Canadian Solar Inc. (Ontario, Canada), a vertically integrated provider of ingots, solar wafers, solar cells, and solar modules, had selected Camstar's "SolarSuite" software platform to help reduce cell and panel cost per watt and create a more effective manufacturing process environment.

Camstar is a developer of software solutions to advance product quality in the manufacturing industry throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing in a closed-loop learning process that is believed to allow future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient. Camstar reports that Canadian Solar plans to deploy its special software solution for the solar industry, which is based on the Camstar Enterprise Platform.

Software platform to be used to improve production processes for cell and module manufacturing

According to the press release, Canadian Solar plans to employ the software at its cell manufacturing site in Suzhou and at its module manufacturing site in Changshu, both in Jiangsu Province, China. "In order to create optimal efficiency and deliver top quality while growing and innovating, Canadian Solar strives to continuously improve its processes and methods," said Dacheng Fang, Vice President of Business Integration at Canadian Solar. "The platform will help us improve manufacturing control, visibility and traceability of cell and module processes and materials, and consistent application of operational standards. Reliable, timely information will help us more quickly resolve issues and make fact-based decisions." Benny Zhang, Corporate IT Director for Canadian Solar, added: "Standardizing on one platform for both cell and module production is key to support growth."

2009-09-23 | Courtesy: Camstar Systems, Inc. | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH