Meyer Burger has filed patent infringement lawsuit in China to protect its proprietary Diamond Wire Management System (DWMS) technology

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Thun, 07 February 2018

Meyer Burger has filed patent infringement lawsuit in China to protect its proprietary Diamond Wire Management System (DWMS) technology

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) today announced that its subsidiary Meyer Burger (Switzerland) Ltd has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Wuxi Shangji Automation Co, Ltd. for infringement of Meyer Burger's Chinese patent number CN 104411434B for its proprietary Diamond Wire Management System (DWMS), a Meyer Burger patented wire winding system.

Filed in the Nanjing Intermediate Court, the suit charges that Wuxi Shangji Automation's wire saw WKS027BL infringes Meyer Burger's patent rights associated with the Diamond Wire Management System. Meyer Burger's patent portfolio includes a wide range of patents protecting its diamond wire cutting platforms as well as related management systems.

The patented, award-winning DWMS has been uniquely designed for Meyer Burger diamond wire saws. The DWMS technology is available as an integrated option on all Meyer Burger industry leading DW288+ and DW288 Series 3 cutting platforms for both mono and multi-silicon PV wafering.

Photovoltaic manufacturers who have purchased the DWMS platform from Meyer Burger can rest assured that they will continue to benefit exclusively from the innovative industry-leading advances in Meyer Burger's state-of-the-art DWMS technology.

"Meyer Burger invests substantial amounts in Research & Development each year to create cutting-edge technologies that deliver significant value to our customers. We are determined that our customers will exclusively benefit from our industry-leading technology as we push the limits of photovoltaic innovation. Our intellectual property serves as the foundation of our technologies and market leadership", said Hans Brändle, Chief Executive Officer of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd. "We will defend our patented technologies by actively enforcing our international patent rights."

Contacts:

Ingrid Carstensen

Head of Corporate Communications

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Daniel Eicher

c/o Tolxdorff Eicher Häberling

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About Meyer Burger Technology Ltd

www.meyerburger.com

Meyer Burger is a leading global technology company specialising on innovative systems and processes based on semiconductor technologies. The company's focus is on photovoltaics (solar industry) while its competencies and technologies also cover important areas of the semiconductor and the optoelectronic industries as well as other selected high-end markets based on semiconductor materials. Over the past ten years, Meyer Burger has risen to the forefront of the photovoltaic market and established itself as an international premium brand by offering superior precision products and innovative technologies.

Meyer Burger's offering in systems, production equipment and services along the photovoltaic value chain includes the manufacturing processes for wafers, solar cells, solar modules and solar systems. Meyer Burger provides substantial added value to its customers and clearly differentiates itself from its competitors by focusing on core technologies of the value chain.

The company's comprehensive product portfolio is complemented by a worldwide service network with spare parts, consumables, process know-how, customer support, after-sales services, training and other services. Meyer Burger is represented in Europe, Asia and North America in the respective key markets and has subsidiaries and own service centres in China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore, Taiwan and the USA. The company is also working intensively to develop new markets such as South America, Africa and the Arab region. The registered shares of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (Ticker: MBTN).

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