EANS-News: centrotherm photovoltaics AG / centrotherm wins its largest order to date in Semiconductor segment

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Blaubeuren (euro adhoc) - March 27, 2013 - centrotherm thermal
solutions GmbH has won the largest order to date in its company's
history with the delivery of production systems to manufacture power
semiconductors to Chinese company Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co.
Ltd., (TEG). TEG ordered a total of four horizontal furnaces and one
vertical furnace for the thermal treatment of power semiconductors
from the technology and process provider based in Swabia, Germany.
These semiconductors are utilized in components for the electronic
management of high-speed trains and signaling systems, which TEG
supplies to its parent company CSR Corporation Limited, one of
China's two largest railway companies. The order volume for
centrotherm thermal solutions, a company wholly owned by centrotherm
photovoltaics AG and which will soon merge with the AG as part of the
centrotherm Group's restructuring, amounts to a high single-digit
figure in millions of euros.

centrotherm won out against competitors primarily with its integrated
handling system which enables fully automatic semiconductor
processing after one loading with several charges. As the only
provider of such a handling system, centrotherm delivers its
customers a significant advantage through time and cost savings,
while offering tried-and-tested process stability and security at the
same time. The vertical furnace Verticoo mini proved persuasive to
TEG with regard to processing extremely thin wafers. centrotherm
thermal solutions delivered high-temperature furnaces for the thermal
treatment of silicon carbide wafers to its customer TEG at the end of
2012. These are utilized in inverters for wind power and solar
plants, among other applications.

centrotherm thermal solutions presented its portfolio of products and
services at the SEMICON China trade fair last week. Besides
horizontal furnaces with fully automated handling systems, other
centrotherm products such as the Activator150 and Oxidator150 for the
high-growth market for silicon carbide applications formed the focus
of the trade fair presence. "Many existing customers who have used
our process solutions to conduct research and development to date are
now entering mass production with this step. We are currently engaged
in contractual negotiations with this customer base," commented Hans
Reichart, Technical Director at the Semiconductor Segment. New
centrotherm single wafer processing systems were also presented: the
c.PLASMOXLT, whose applications include producing memories and logic
blocks for flashcards or RAM modules for computers, and the
c.RAPID200, whose applications include manufacturing logic blocks for
the automotive industry.

About centrotherm photovoltaics AG centrotherm photovoltaics AG is a
globally leading provider of technology and production solutions to
the photovoltaic and semiconductor industries. Our core competence
consists of the thermal processing and coating of wafers as applied
in the manufacturing of crystalline solar cells and power
semiconductors, as well as in microelectronics.

Further inquiry note:
Nathalie Albrecht
Manager Public and Investor Relations
Tel: +49 7344 918-6304
E-mail: presse@centrotherm.de

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company: centrotherm photovoltaics AG
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