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Manz AG (formerly Manz Automation) is a German multinational engineering company active in the fields of automation, laser processesing, vacuum coating, printing, metrology, wet chemistry and roll-to-roll processing. These technologies are applied in the three strategic business units "Electronics", "Solar" and "Energy Storage".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.manz.com/company/profile/ )〕 Headquartered in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, the company has additional production centres in Tübingen, Schwäbisch Hall and Karlstein am Main as well as international manufacturing sites in Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, China and Taiwan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.manz.com/worldwide/worldwide-production )〕 There are additional sales and service branches in the USA, South Korea and India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.manz.com/worldwide/worldwide-sales-service )〕 Manz has developed a significant presence in the solar photovoltaic industry. Its activities in this sector focus on the development and supply of integrated systems for the production of PERC solar cells from crystalline silicon wafers and for thin-film solar cells.〔 In 2010 the company established a partnership with Würth Solar (part of the Würth industrial group) for the exclusive licensing of its CIGS solar cell production technology. After the acquisition of the CIGS modules innovation line of Würth Solar in January 2012, technology licenses were also transferred to the company on an unrestricted basis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pv-tech.org/news/manz_acquires_wuerth_solars_cigs_thin_film_operations )〕 In September 2012, Manz presented a CIGS solar module, which was produced on a mass production line and has a 14.6 percent efficiency on total module area and 15.9 percent on aperture area (one in the industry unequaled efficiency).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.solarserver.com/solar-magazine/solar-news/current/2012/kw37/pv-production-technology-cigs-to-reach-efficiency-of-polycrystalline-silicon-solar-panels-solar-power-lcoe-now-between-four-and-eight-euro-cents.html )〕 In April 2015, Manz surpassed these numbers again and presented an impressive new efficiency world record for CIGS thin-film solar modules on mass production line with a module efficieny of 16 percent.〔http://www.manz.com/media/news/16-prozent-manz-erzielt-neuen-weltrekord-bei-wirkungsgrad-von-cigs-duennschicht-solarmodulen-615/〕 The other major business areas of Manz are the supply of systems for the production of flat panel displays and touch panels, a market it first entered in 1994 〔 as well as the supply of systems for the production of lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells on an industrial scale.〔http://www.manz.com/investor-relations/publications/corporate-news/manz-ag-grossauftrag-ueber-12-millionen-euro-von-attraktivem-neukunden-untermauert-grosses-wachstums-673/〕 == History == The company was founded by Dieter Manz as the GmbH ''Manz Automatisierungstechnik'' in 1987.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.manz.com/company/history )〕 It initially focused on industrial automation and robotics, and today continues to supply automated systems as part of a broader range of products.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.manz.com/company/group-structure/business-divisions )〕 In October 2001 Manz Automatisierungstechnik merged with ACS GmbH, another firm founded by Dieter Manz, forming Manz Automation AG. As Manz has grown from an automation specialist into a supplier of integrated production lines, the company changed its name from Manz Automation AG to Manz AG in June 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.manz.com/media/news/archive/2011/umfirmierung-aus-der-manz-automation-ag-wird-die-manz-ag-259 )〕 The company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2006, moving to its Prime Standard market segment in 2008. The company was a constituent of the TecDAX index between September 2008 and March 2009, and again between September 2009 and March 2011. Manz AG shared back in the TecDAX as of March 24, 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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