Ascent Solar adds to manufacturing team

5 January 2010

Ascent Solar Technologies, a developer of flexible thin-film solar modules, has hired Zane Rakes to serve as the company’s vice president of manufacturing operations.

According to Ascent, Rakes brings over 16 years of experience in high volume manufacturing systems, inventory management, manufacturing automation systems and global supply chain management.

Ascent Solar President and CEO Farhad Moghadam said, ‘Zane has a proven track record of leadership in establishing and scaling up high volume production facilities. Most recently Zane led the construction, installation, start up and production ramp up of two solar module factories with a total capacity of 474MW while completing the project on time and on budget. Zane brings the experience, skills and contacts necessary to ramp up our production from Fab 2 and evaluate potential expansion possibilities going forward.’

‘This is an exciting time and opportunity to become a part of the Ascent Solar team as it begins its expansion and ramp up of its high volume Fab 2 facility. Ascent Solar has a truly light weight flexible unique thin-film technology that can transform the way solar is used in many ways. I look forward to leading the manufacturing expansion and technological optimisation going forward,’ Rakes added.

Ascent Solar Technologies is a developer of thin-film photovoltaic modules with substrate materials that can be more flexible and affordable than most traditional solar panels. Ascent Solar modules can be directly integrated into standard building materials, space applications, consumer electronics for portable power or configured as stand alone modules for large scale terrestrial deployment.

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