Jun 7 2010
Eyelit Inc., a manufacturing software provider for visibility, control, quality and coordination of manufacturing operations for the aerospace & defense, discrete electronics, semiconductor, and photovoltaic (solar) industries, announced today that Solyndra, Inc., a leading manufacturer of photovoltaic systems, has selected Eyelit’s Manufacturing Software Suite to support PV production at its new automated factory, located in Fremont, California.
Eyelit’s software is successfully deployed in Solyndra’s first factory to track, monitor and provide full visibility throughout the front-end (process) and back-end (assembly) manufacturing processes. Eyelit’s software provides detailed tube-level traceability and is integrated with Solyndra’s Material Control System, to ensure the correct delivery of product to factory tools with the use of automated guided vehicles, conveyors and robots.
“After evaluating competitive solutions in the marketplace, we concluded that Eyelit continues to be the right choice for Solyndra’s manufacturing software needs going forward. Eyelit offers strong support and they are very open to customer feedback and to working closely with us to continually improve our processes,” said Paula Camporaso, Solyndra’s Vice President of information technology (IT).
"Working in close partnership with Solyndra’s IT team, we have been able to help them to achieve their manufacturing goals with the flexibility to expand to meet future needs,” stated Dan Estrada, Vice-President of Sales and Business Development at Eyelit. “Our ability to work with Solyndra’s unique and highly advanced manufacturing process further illustrates Eyelit’s ability to adapt to the needs of advanced PV manufacturing,” he continued.
Source: http://www.eyelit.com/