IMA Automation Berlin has has shipped the first of its first modu-contec systems to a major vendor of production tools for thin-film modules.

The modu-contec is based on IMA's proven modular production tools, and fully automates the backside contacting process of thin-film modules up to the junction box connection. The system combines all the production steps and tools needed for thin-film photovoltaics in one system, while also ensuring high processing speed. At a throughput rate of up to 130 modules per hour, modu-contec will produce modules at a total capacity of 160MW per year.