As a manufacturer of premium-class solar modules, AVANCIS offers extremely high standards of quality, reliability and corporate responsibility that are exceptional in this dynamic industry.

For us, the roots of CIS technology go back as far as 1981. That was when our predecessor company ARCO Solar started researching the wafer-thin, high-performance coating made from copper, indium, gallium and selenium. In 1998, we became the first company anywhere in the world to start commercial series production of CIS in Camarillo, California.

Since then, AVANCIS has continued to develop CIS photovoltaics, in cooperation with big names like Siemens, Shell Solar and Saint-Gobain. These joint efforts led to the founding of AVANCIS GmbH & Co. KG in 2006. Since 2008, we have been producing high-quality CIS solar modules as a subsidiary of the international Saint-Gobain Group.

We remain continually focused on technological progress and increasing productivity. With our own pilot line and the factory planning department, we are working on the photovoltaics of the future with CIS solar modules at our Munich site. Manufacturing a cutting-edge premium product also necessitates developing the technology for this ourselves and implementing it in process-optimised production facilities.

With our innovative ideas, we are helping to drive the global trend for generating and using renewable energies – so that you too can turn the sun's inexhaustible energy into electrical power cleanly, reliably and sustainably.