industry high tech engineering founded 1987 1987 headquarters reutlingen germany key people dieter manz founder and ceo heiko aurenz chairman of the supervisory board products integrated production lines for displays thin film and solar cells lithium ion batteries pcbs ; paper and packaging processing equipment revenue 305.9 million 2014 1 operating income 32.8 million 2014 1 profit 38.2 million 2014 1 total assets 253.6 million end 2014 1 total equity 140.0 million end 2014 1 number of employees 1 909 end 2014 1 website www.manz.com manz ag formerly manz automation is a german multinational engineering company active in the fields of automation laser processesing vacuum coating printing metrology wet chemistry and roll to roll processing . these technologies are applied in the three strategic business units electronics solar and energy storage . 2 headquartered in reutlingen baden w rttemberg the company has additional production centres in t bingen schw bisch hall and karlstein am main as well as international manufacturing sites in hungary italy slovakia china and taiwan . 3 there are additional sales and service branches in the united states south korea and india . 4 manz has developed a significant presence in the solar photovoltaic industry . its activities in this sector focus on the development and supply of integrated systems for the production of perc solar cells from crystalline silicon wafers and for thin film solar cells . 5 in 2010 the company established a partnership with w rth solar part of the w rth industrial group for the exclusive licensing of its cigs solar cell production technology . 6 after the acquisition of the cigs modules innovation line of w rth solar in january 2012 technology licenses were also transferred to the company on an unrestricted basis . 7 in september 2012 manz presented a cigs solar module which was produced on a mass production line and has a 14.6 percent efficiency on total module area and 15.9 percent on aperture area one in the industry unequaled efficiency . 5 in april 2015 manz surpassed these numbers again and presented an impressive new efficiency world record for cigs thin film solar modules on mass production line with a module efficiency of 16 percent . 8 the other major business areas of manz are the supply of systems for the production of flat panel displays and touch panels a market it first entered in 1994 9 as well as the supply of systems for the production of lithium ion batteries and fuel cells on an industrial scale . 10 contents 1 history 1.1 acquisitions and location expansion 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by dieter manz as the gmbh manz automatisierungstechnik in 1987 . 9 it initially focused on industrial automation and robotics and today continues to supply automated systems as part of a broader range of products . 11 in october 2001 manz automatisierungstechnik merged with acs gmbh another firm founded by dieter manz forming manz automation ag . as manz has grown from an automation specialist into a supplier of integrated production lines the company changed its name from manz automation ag to manz ag in june 2011 . 12 the company listed on the frankfurt stock exchange in 2006 moving to its prime standard market segment in 2008 . 13 the company was a constituent of the tecdax index between september 2008 and march 2009 14 15 and again between september 2009 and march 2011 . 16 17 manz ag shared back in the tecdax as of march 24 2014 . 18 in february 2016 manz announced the acquisition of approx . 30 % of the shares by shanghai electric company . 19 acquisitions and location expansion edit on 1 january 2008 with the acquisition of the company christian majer in t bingen germany machines for packaging and film processing the basis for entry into the lithium ion battery market in 2009 was set . also in 2008 manz slovakia was founded and intech machines taiwanese market leader for wet chemical processes in manufacturing displays was absorbed . manz also established a vacuum coating technology development centre manz coating gmbh in karlstein germany in 2010 . 9 in 2012 the establishment of manz cigs technology gmbh in schw bisch hall germany and the opening of a new manufacturing facility in suzhou china took place . 9 with the acquisition of the mechanical engineering division of kemet electronics italy formerly arcotronics in 2014 manz enlarged its technology portfolio in the battery division and founded manz italy . in 2015 manz acquired kleo a specialist for laser direct imaging ldi from the zeiss group . 20 see also edit renewable energy portal energy portal list of cigs companies references edit a b c d e f annual report 2014 . manz ag . retrieved 4 september 2015 . profile . manz . retrieved 4 september 2015 . worldwide production . manz . retrieved 31 october 2012 . worldwide sales & service . manz . retrieved 4 september 2015 . a b pv production technology cigs to reach efficiency of polycrystalline silicon solar panels ; solar power lcoe now between four and eight euro cents . solarserver.com . retrieved 31 october 2012 . manz und w rth solar beschlie en kooperation . s dwest presse in german . 20 july 2010 . retrieved 6 july 2011 . manz acquires w rth solar s cigs thin film operations . pv tech.org . retrieved 31 october 2012 . http www.manz.com media news 16 prozent manz erzielt neuen weltrekord bei wirkungsgrad von cigs duennschicht solarmodulen 615 a b c d history . manz . retrieved 6 july 2011 . http www.manz.com investor relations publications corporate news manz ag grossauftrag ueber 12 millionen euro von attraktivem neukunden untermauert grosses wachstums 673 business divisions . manz . retrieved 31 october 2012 . change of name manz automation ag is now manz ag . manz . retrieved 31 october 2012 . kuehnen eva 2 july 2008 . manz automation raises 112 mln euros new capital . reuters . retrieved 6 july 2011 . k s replaces tui in dax . deutsche b rse . 4 september 2008 . retrieved 6 july 2011 . fresenius pref and hannover r ckversicherung to be included in dax . deutsche b rse . 4 march 2009 . retrieved 6 july 2011 . infineon to be included in dax . deutsche b rse . 3 september 2009 . retrieved 6 july 2011 . changes in sdax and tecdax . deutsche b rse . 3 march 2011 . retrieved 24 march 2011 . manz ag returns to the tecdax . dgap . 6 march 2014 . retrieved 28 march 2014 . manz jumps after deal to sell holding to shanghai electric bloombergbusiness february 28 2016 acquisition of kleo zeiss group manz website 2015 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title manz & oldid 735797551 categories companies based in baden w rttembergengineering companies of germanydisplay technology companiesphotovoltaics manufacturersthin film cell manufacturershidden categories cs1 german language sources de official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not 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