Multiple solar cell tool orders for Coherent

Coherent Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) (Nasdaq: COHR) has secured multiple orders totaling in excess of $20M from crystalline silicon solar cell manufacturers for laser-based process tools – just three months after releasing the Coherent Equinox™ and Aethon™ products at the EUPVSEC exhibition in Hamburg. Comprising some of the largest orders for laser-based tooling to date within the solar industry, deliveries are scheduled for completion in the first half of calendar 2010.

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