Dow Corning and Reis Announce Alliance to Market Breakthrough Solar Encapsulation Technology

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Dow Corning and Reis Announce Alliance to Market Breakthrough Solar Encapsulation Technology

Reis to Deliver Solar Encapsulant Equipment Solution

MIDLAND, Mich., April 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- http://www.dowcorning.com/solar">Dow Corning Corp., a global leader in http://www.dowcorning.com/content/discover/">silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, and http://www.reisrobotics.com/">Reis Robotics, a worldwide leader in system integration, jointly announce an effort to promote the new Dow Corning® PV-6100 Encapsulant Series. Reis Robotics is now a preferred supplier of equipment used in a manufacturing process that significantly increases the production rate of solar panels, effectively lowering the cost per watt of solar power.

The manufacturing process works in conjunction with http://www.dowcorning.com/content/solar/solarproducts/encapsulants.aspx">Dow Corning® PV-6100 Encapsulant Series, which provides protection to solar cells in a panel and can replace commonly used ethyl vinyl acetate resin. The liquid silicone-based material targets outperforming incumbent materials in durability, module efficiency, and manufacturing efficiencies providing an improved total cost for solar cell modules.

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