Jan 22 2008
Consarc Corporation, an Inductotherm Group (IG) Company, has announced the formation of a new division dedicated solely to the Photovoltaic (PV) industry. Consarc, coordinated with the efforts of other IG companies, will apply its 45+ years of experience in advanced vacuum and controlled atmosphere furnace technologies to the mass production and processing of solar grade silicon.
Consarc’s new PV division will be located at their worldwide headquarters in Rancocas, NJ USA. The newly formed engineering department will maintain the most modern engineering design tools available in our industry, including the latest solid modeling and engineering software of both a general and proprietary nature. With the coordinated efforts of the IG companies, Consarc owns and has the rights to a number of IG patents related to the melting, refining, solidification and heating of extremely pure alloys and semiconductors.
Consarc Corporation, which manufactures advanced vacuum and controlled atmosphere furnace technologies for the processing of metals, specialty alloys and engineered materials, is one of the forty companies making up the Inductotherm Group. As a multi-technology, global organization, Inductotherm Group serves the thermal processing industry by manufacturing and marketing a diverse range of products and services, all of which feature the characteristics of high quality, leading edge technology and top-flight engineering.