On 14, 15 and 16 June,   you will find us at Hall A2.420  where we will be happy to show you the latest innovations our team of experts have developed.

Do you want to arrange an appointment with our Sales and Technical Team? Don’t miss the opportunity and make an appointment now, it won’t take more than five minutes!

VISIT US AND LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR TURNKEY LINES AND INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT.

At our stand, you will find information on the most advanced and automated high-tech turnkey lines along with individual machines, all of them developed by the Mondragon Assembly Team.

WE ENSURE THE TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF ALL OUR SOLUTIONS

We live in constant change and the PV industry is no exception. We are aware that the technological evolution in the solar industry is a concern for module manufacturers. That’s why we work alongside the most well-known technological centres to bring you the best solutions available in the PV industry.

We are the best partner to guide you in the technological evolution of your solution. This approach helps us to ensure that none of our partners are left behind.

INNOVATION AND IP

Since our fundation in 1977, we have been committed to innovation as a means of achieving growth, dedicating large part of our resources to promoting new product research and development, and extending our comprehensive service offering.

Mondragon Assembly has received an order from one of the largest world’s leading glass manufacturers, Vitro. This order consists of a project to develop customized BIPV stringer to produce architectural GG modules for the building sector. This customized stringer will give customers flexibility with the different options that they want to achieve.

The stringer will be able to produce flexible strings in the production for BIPV and to customize strings lengths, automatically configuring different string lengths one after the other with a maximum length of 2,800mm. In addition, the machine will be also able to manufacture standard strings with a high production capacity.

The equipment is scheduled to be shipped to Mexico by the end of the year and will be ready for production at the beginning of 2024.

Mondragon Assembly supports VITRO in achieving its goal.

Mondragon Assembly will support VITRO to reach its goal, positioning VITRO in North America as the best manufacturer of architectural photovoltaic modules. In addition to the cutting-edge technology offered by Mondragon Assembly, Vitro will count on Mondragon Assembly Mexico for close and on-site support in technology and service.

About VITRO

VITRO is one of the world’s leading glass manufacturers as its glass products are part of the everyday life of millions of people. They are the largest glass manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere and the largest glass producer in North America. Established in 1909 in Monterrey, Mexico, over the years, VITRO has shown its commitment to leading the glass industry with ongoing research and technological investment initiatives. Architectural Glass is one of their business, and they are focusing on the Commercial Glass, Residential Glass and Specialty Glass sectors. That’s why they want to add value by including PV cells, which also helps them contribute to climate change and a better world for coming generations.

About Mondragon Assembly Group

Mondragon Assembly is an international group specialist in the development of automation and assembly solutions. The parent company in Spain, which is a cooperative, was created in 1977, and is one of the pioneers in the development of production and assembly technologies. Mondragon Assembly is divided into three business areas: Solar, E-Mobility and Energy Storage & Automation. Its main activities in each of these business include the development of turnkey lines and machines, and contract manufacturing, being able to offer solutions anywhere in the world with their six production plants and three technical and sale offices.

We belong to the Mondragon Corporation, one of the largest business groups in Europe.

Do you have special requirements in the PV industry? Do you need something special to differentiate yourself in the PV industry? Mondragon Assembly is the best partner for your particular solution. Contact us and let’s start this journey together!

Mondragon Assembly continues to strengthen its commitment to digitalisation with the implementation of EGOKIA, a pioneering cybersecure collaborative machine learning platform developed by IKERLAN technology centre that guarantees data privacy. With the development and implementation of this new technology, IKERLAN and Mondragon Assembly, a specialist in the design, manufacture and installation of equipment for the automation of assembly processes, are at the forefront of collaborative artificial intelligence applied to the automation of industrial processes in Spain. The EGOKIA project has received financial support from the Basque Government through the Hazitek R&D&I aid programme.

The EGOKIA platform, compared to current systems, allows the artificial intelligence models deployed in Mondragon Assembly machines and production lines to be “trained” collaboratively in local nodes of the different clients without sharing data between them. In this way, data cybersecurity is guaranteed and risks associated with data leakage are eliminated.

Mondragon Assembly has already started to use this platform on the photovoltaic cell production line for solar panels at its plant in Aretxabaleta and, over the course of the year, plans to have it in operation on a total of 10 production lines.

Jean Philippe Aguerre, manager of Innovation at Mondragon Assembly, says that thanks to the use of EGOKIA, “the company has a professional and robust tool capable of automatically generating and managing the different AI-based models that we use in production and customer plants around the world. Thanks to the platform developed by IKERLAN, we will be able to provide our customers with better services based on artificial intelligence that evolve over time, minimising costs, and gaining in efficiency and profitability, while also ensuring data privacy”.

Santi Charramendieta, researcher in the AI area of IKERLAN, highlights the importance of this case of technology transfer: “Currently, companies in our environment receive and store a huge amount of data, but they find it difficult to share, exploit and value this data. Our challenge is to design and implement solutions based on automatic and collaborative learning techniques that benefit in quality and reduce the cost of the production processes of each company.”

Opportunity for the Data Economy

The guarantee of governance and privacy offered by the EGOKIA solution developed by IKERLAN is also a business opportunity within the framework of the Data Economy, the promotion of which is one of the priorities of the European Union.

“The development of this platform also allows us to share new knowledge between companies in the same sector, such as the photovoltaic sector, to improve the standards of the sector as a whole, optimise production processes and better define quality criteria, all of which results in an improved service for our customers,” explains Jean Philippe Aguerre from Mondragon Assembly.

About IKERLAN

IKERLAN is a leading centre in technology transfer and in the contribution of competitive value to industry. It offers integral solutions combining different technological domains in two main areas: Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies (EICT), and Energy and Mechatronics. The technology centre’s team is currently made up of 400 people. As a co-operative member of the MONDRAGON Corporation and the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), IKERLAN maintains a sustainable, competitive business model in permanent transformation.

About Mondragon Assembly

Mondragon Assembly is an international group specialising in the development of automation and assembly solutions. The parent company in Spain, which is a cooperative, was created in 1977 and is one of the pioneers in the development of production and assembly technologies. Mondragon Assembly is divided into three business areas: Solar, E-Mobility and Energy Storage and Automation. Its main activities in each of these businesses include the development of turnkey lines and machines and contract manufacturing, being able to offer solutions anywhere in the world with its six production plants and three technical and commercial offices.

It belongs to the MONDRAGON Corporation, one of Europe’s leading business groups.

Commitment to leveling the trade playing field among its member states, without reference to external markets. The energy crisis is further threatening the competitiveness of European industry manufactures want an IRA moment in the EU, to avoid the continent becoming totally dependent on a mix of the current Chinese imports and future made-in-America PV products.

We are the best partner to guide you in the technological evolution of your solution.

The advertised volume was not fully used in any round last year. For the November round, the Federal Network Agency even lowered the originally planned volume from 1,200 MW to 890 MW. However, only 104 bids for photovoltaic projects with a total of almost 609 MW were accepted. At €0.0580/kWh, the average, the volume-weighted surcharge was only slightly below the previous year’s maximum of €0.0590/kWh.

Tenders for large-scale solar systems will total 5,850 MW this year. The second and third phases will open on July 1 and Dec. 1.

There are also three rounds of tenders this year for rooftop systems with an output of at least 1 MW. The first round with a volume of just under 217 MW has already started and has a deadline of Feb. 1. A total of 650 MW are to be tendered in this segment in 2023, with the ceiling price being raised significantly compared to 2022 to €0.1125/kWh.

Mondragon Assembly and Voltec have reached an agreement to upgrade the solar module assembly line that Voltec owns in France. It concerns the supply of two state-of-the-art Tabber & Stringers with their corresponding lay-up system. This lay-up system incorporates an electroluminescence system for the detection of defective strings. The total production capacity of the complete system will be 6,000 cells per hour. The stringers are equipped with a multi-step infrared welding system as well as a precise handling system for manufacturing strings using round wire. These technologies provided by Mondragon Assembly, together with Voltec’s extensive experience in manufacturing solar modules, will result in a high quality and efficient line.

The stringers and the lay-up system will be installed in the second quarter of 2023 and will enter into mass production in the summer. These machines will allow Voltec to increase their production capacity by 150MW with respect to gross capacity.

Important cooperation to reinforce the PV market in Europe

Electricity prices are rising dramatically, and renewable energy is currently the cheapest source of energy. These factors mean that the European PV market is in full swing. It is important that European companies work together and cooperate to build a European ecosystem to produce solar modules and all other components. This agreement between Mondragon Assembly and Voltec is a clear example of the will of the European industry to achieve these objectives. We are working to reindustrialize Europe and to move towards energy autonomy.

About Voltec

For more than 10 years, VOLTEC Solar has been producing solar photovoltaic panels. Based on the French-German border, the family-owned company, STRUB SA, decided in 2009 to diversify into solar. Based in a 4500 m² plant, next to the sister company and neighbour, ALSAPAN SA, a wood-based flooring and furniture producer since 1972.

VOLTEC’s technical team has 10+ years manufacturing and process know-how, agile enough to compete in a very volatile solar market. Thanks to its smart module engineering, VOLTEC Solar achieves a world-class Product Carbon Footprint (PCF), improving its supply chain and continuously optimizing its Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to reduce its impact on the environment.

In 2019 the company decided to extend its production capacity from 70MW to 200MW for a line based on high performing and reliable European machinery, combining cell cutting TLS-Dicing, contactless infrared soldering, multi-stack lamination, electroluminescence, and A++ LED flasher quality inspections. In 2021, investment in new soldering equipment and higher line automation allowed the company to comply with the latest cell size trend. The company will double its capacity in 2023.

About Mondragon Assembly

Mondragon Assembly is an international group specialising in the development of automation and assembly solutions. The parent company in Spain, which is a cooperative, was created in 1977 and is one of the pioneers in the development of production and assembly technologies. Mondragon Assembly is divided into three business areas: Solar, E-Mobility & Energy Storage and Automation. Its main activities in each of these businesses include the development of turnkey lines and machines and contract manufacturing, being able to offer solutions anywhere in the world with their six production plants and three technical and sales offices.

We belong to the Mondragon Corporation, one of the major business groups in Europe.

A new achievement for the Energy Storage Business Unit

Mondragon Assembly, a specialist turnkey line provider with high technological value that can be adapted to any existing requirement in the energy storage sector, has recently won an order from SoliTek. With this new order, Mondragon Assembly continues to consolidate its position in the market as a battery modules assembly line manufacturer.

This Laboratory Test Equipment for Energy Storage Technologies is suitable for stationary storage solutions in self-consumption systems and grid-connected systems, which can support renewable energies such as solar energy, wind power, and others. Also, these types of battery pack can be used for peak saving solutions, based on aligning the peaks of the distribution grid.

This project is a bet  that the Lithuanian company is making in the storage sector. “Developments and trends in the global renewable energy market have for some time indicated a growing demand for energy storage solutions. SoliTek therefore started several years ago to consider how to leverage its existing expertise to become the first manufacturer of an autonomous smart energy storage system (battery) in Lithuania. The company’s insights have proved to be correct and today, rising energy prices in Europe are driving demand not only for solar power plants, but also for batteries that help the consumer harness the full potential of a solar power plant,” adds  Julius Sakalauskas, CEO of SoliTek, on the other hand, research and development, is the focus.

This new Laboratory Test Equipment for Energy Storage Technologies will be ready in SoliTek by the first quarter of 2023.

This Laboratory Test Equipment for Energy Storage Technologies will enable the first research in Lithuania on intelligent off-grid power storage systems

Several solutions have been implemented in the project with the aim of ensuring research object quality, such as thermal inspection, width verification by laser, and welding verification by the vision system.

Undoubtedly, a challenge where the collaboration of both companies has been key. “In order to be able to adapt to the customer’s needs and provide them with what they need, we can clearly see that cooperation between us is essential, so we can deeply understand which are their main requirements and thus we can give the best solution “claims Pedro Illume, Director of Automation and Energy Storage Business Units.

About SoliTek

Vilnius-based solar module manufacturer SoliTek produces a full portfolio of solar modules in Lithuania. SoliTek currently exports 85% of its solar panels to EU countries. The company now has a production capacity of 180 megawatts. SoliTek is a greenest manufacturer in Europe and can offer the most innovative solutions for green Europe:   the solar power plant in the fields with “tracker” technology can generate up to 40% more electricity; solar power plants on the roof can generate 20% more power;  solar panels can be integrated into the roof (solar power plant as a roof) or even the façade (Solid Wall applications); solar power plants in agro industry (agro-solar power plants);  noise barriers with integrated PV solutions on motorways and railway tracks saving the construction costs, producing energy and safeguarding the population! SoliTek already makes use 100% renewable energy, and our panels are manufactured according to the strictest  environmental, energy saving, social justice requirements, do not use environmentally hazardous materials in their production process and are fully recyclable after 30 years of use.

About Mondragon Assembly

Mondragon Assembly is an international group specialist in the development of automation and assembly solutions. The parent company in Spain, which is a cooperative, was created in 1977, one of the pioneers in the development of production and assembly technologies. Mondragon Assembly is divided into three business areas: Solar, E-Mobility & Energy Storage and Automation. Its main activities in each of these businesses include the development of turnkey lines and machines and contract manufacturing, providing solutions anywhere in the world with its six production plants and three technical and sale offices.

Mondragon Assembly belongs to the MONDRAGON Corporation, one of the most important business groups in Europe.

Mondragon Assembly has designed and supplied a manufacturing line for battery packs to be installed in medium-sized electric vehicles such as electric bicycles, electric scooters, motorcycles, as well as in other advanced means of transport, for example high-capacity drones, robots or medical systems that require very high operational safety.

The line is robotized and automated so that various battery configurations can be assembled in different geometric blocks. Each individual battery can be picked up, sorted, checked and positioned according to its characteristics and polarity, and then anodic and cathodic welding of all the batteries in the chosen configuration is carried out using metal connectors. The plastic supports that close the block are also mounted on the line.

The system incorporates robots and artificial vision systems, as well as powerful control software.

The line has been installed at Batteries Prod (www.batteries-prod.fr), a leading French company in the design and manufacture of lithium-ion technology batteries and battery packs. Its new facility demonstrates its advanced technology and its significant growth in the market.

Mondragon Assembly in France has today achieved a remarkable leadership in the design of assembly lines for e-mobility, whether it is the assembly of batteries, rotor-stator assemblies for electric car motors, or components for e-cars.