Glasstech’s Advanced CRB-STMbending and tempering system supports local manufacturing of tempered (strengthened) parabolic trough glass reflector shapes. This proven, commercially available glass bending and tempering system enables local manufacturers to produce the shapes for local and regional use as well as for export. One of the specific goals that countries interested in investing in solar power cite is the overlapping economic benefit of nurturing advanced technology, job growth and overall economic development.
For example, one of the India National Solar Mission objectives is to take a global leadership role in component manufacturing across the value chain. This “indigenous manufacturing” theme has been cited when discussing the MENA and South Africa regions as well, says Michael Ondrus, Director of Solar Energy Systems, Glasstech, Inc. After collaborating with customers in Europe, the U.S. and other locations, the concentration solar power growth regions of India, MENA, Asia and South Africa are the next logical component manufacturing locations to naturally follow the demand for these components.
“Glasstech provides the advanced technology to develop indigenous manufacturing by breaking down our customer’s technological barriers to market entry”. Not only does Glasstech provide the proven system but key insight into the rest of the process as well. In addition, Glasstech systems are scalable, allowing for production volume growth as the market expands. Governments are also mandating local content levels as a means to spur local economy growth. Local producers utilizing Glasstech systems enjoy that competitive advantage as well as minimizing production costs, product lead-times and transportation costs.
Glasstech not only offers the CRB-S for high precision trough reflector glass production, but technologies to process other curved reflector shapes as well. Glasstech also offers systems that fabricate high quality strengthened PV panel glass for the global photovoltaic power market. For more information, please see us at the Glasstech stand at CSP India in New Delhi on March 14th and 15th.
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