Moser Baer Photo Voltaic wins Qimpro QualTech Prize in the Manufacturing category

Online, October 6, 2010 (Newswire.com) - New Delhi 05/Oct/2010: Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Limited (MBPV), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Moser Baer India Limited has been awarded the Qimpro Quality award - QualTech Prize in the manufacturing category during the recently concluded 22nd Qimpro Convention. The Qimpro Convention is widely regarded as the largest and most significant platform in India that recognizes excellence and innovation in the manufacturing process. Moser Baer Photovoltaic is the leading player in the Solar Photovoltaic and has been making continual improvements in its manufacturing facility located at Greater Noida. The Six-Sigma Project that won MBPV this National accolade has significantly improved the yield of photovoltaic cells. This breakthrough in manufacturing process is having a positive impact of over Rs 11.7 crores annually. MBPV is the first organization to operate a fully automated mass production facility for solar-cells in India.
Commenting on this recognition, V.C. Agerwal, CEO (Operations), MBPV said, "We operate in a highly competitive, global solar-photovoltaic market and this calls for a high degree of technological and process orientation coupled with an ongoing quality improvement to stay-ahead in the business with the leading global players. This award bears testimony to our endeavors and is due recognition to our quality focussed processes. After having been conferred with the prestigious 5-Star Rating in Quality from TUV Rheinland, earlier in the year making us the only solar company to have received this rating globally, this award places us in the elite league." He further added, "This time Qimpro had received 84 entries wherein the jury selected MBPV's Project for the coveted prize in the manufacturing category."

The solution to the problem involved changing the centering procedure of cases, which was suitably implemented. Additionally change was implemented in vacuum coupling of rotary table to eliminate cell breakage from Rotary indexing table.
The project yielded the following tangible and intangible benefits
Business impact: Financial saving of over Rs11.7 crore annually
Horizontal deployment: Some of the solutions like robot setting/pad design have been replicated on other machines.
Salient points: Completion of the project within time line has supported over all Cell Line yield to cross the world bench mark of over 95 per cent in financial year 2009-10.
The design change of rotary coupling has been accepted and adopted by the original machine manufacturer for their future projects.
About Qimpro awards: Qimpro Consultants has pioneered the quality movement in India since 1987. In its commitment to the field of quality, Qimpro has institutionalized QualTech Prize to recognize cross-functional teams that have achieved extraordinary results in improvement. Since inception in 1987, Qimpro has provided services that have helped over 300 clients conduct over 5,000 projects and save over Rs 10,000 crores; and has developed and copyrighted the BestPrax Barometer, a tool to measure the quality of business practices for good governance. The BestPrax Club was established by Qimpro in 2005, to provide a networking and learning forum for member organizations that wish to share and grow their generic business practices. The primary mission of BestPrax Club is to enable aspiring Asian organizations to accelerate their transformation process, through adoption of generic best practices, both national and international; and to accomplish best-in-class performance for these practices in their respective environments. The secondary mission of the BestPrax club is to enable international organizations to understand and appreciate Asian generic business practices, and thereby facilitate educated decisions on managing and dealing with Indian organizations.
About PV Business:

Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Limited (MBPV) and Moser Baer Solar Limited (erstwhile PV Technologies India Limited) are subsidiaries of Moser Baer India Limited. These entities were launched between 2005 and 2007 to manufacture world-class solar modules and design EPCs for effective deployment of PV Systems. Modules for crystalline silicon and amorphous silicon (thin film) are manufactured using premium quality materials and cutting edge technology for residential, commercial, industrial & custom applications for both on-grid and off-grid use. Our PV Systems business has rapidly grown to a market leadership position in solar farms, roof-tops and off-grid applications in India. The business strategy is to straddle multiple technology platforms and to drive scale in a cost effective manner. The current production capacity is 90 MW of Crystalline Silicon Cells, 100 MW of Crystalline Silicon Modules, and 50 MW of Amorphous Silicon (Thin Film) Modules. Our strong commitment to R&D and innovation has resulted in manufacturing of cutting edge PV cells and modules that meets the international standards including UL, IEC, ETL, CE. MBPV is the first ever solar company globally to be awarded the prestigious 5 Star rating by TÃœV Rheinland for maintaining highest standards of quality.