Fredrikstad, Norway (August 19th, 2010) Prediktor AS – a worldwide leader in Manufacturing
Execution System (MES) solutions for PV manufacturers – have announced that Photovoltech, a
leading manufacturer of photovoltaic cells, has chosen Prediktor’s APIS Click & Trace MES solution
for their new in-line PV cell production plant in Tienen, Belgium.

“After a thorough study, Photovoltech decided to implement the Prediktor APIS Click & Trace MES
suite in conjunction with the APIS Analytics Data Mining module.
 
It was of major importance to Photovoltech to invest in a very flexible MES system which offers, on
top of the standard MES capabilities, an open structure, an easy upgradability without having to
shutdown the product, reliable single wafer tracking and a creative database structure.

The MES solution offers on the one hand an interface to our external data mining suite which has a
huge added value for the operational floor while it incorporates the embedded and powerful APIS
Analytics Data Mining module which we believe will be of great importance for our R&D activities.

On top of all this the APC Advanced Process Control framework is incorporated, allowing us to think
in the near future about result driven automatic process control.” said Hans Vanelderen, Engineering
& Maintenance Manager at Photovoltech.

Erling Fledsberg, Executive VP MES at Prediktor, stated ”We are very happy that Photovoltech chose
Prediktor’s APIS Click & Trace solution in competition with many other PV focused MES solutions,
and believe that Photovoltech will benefit greatly from our strong PV industry experience, expertise
on single wafer tracking and our solution’s strong process analysis functionality. We are excited
about working with Photovoltech and especially working with their new and innovative solution for
wafer marking. “