Hisco, a leading distributor of materials for the North American photovoltaic industry, features Hosiden’s PV connectors and junction boxes.

Hisco has an unrivaled commitment to the solar industry and its team of 40 certified solar specialists provide local support to customers in the US, Mexico, and Canada. Vendor partners include trusted brands like 3M, Henkel-Loctite, Momentive Performance Materials, Hosiden, Alpha Metals, Bixby and others.

Hisco continuously brings leading-edge products to the market place. In addition to the new connectors and junction boxes, we have an array of tapes, adhesives and encapsulants.

Module assemblers represent a significant percentage of Hisco’s customer base, as well as contract manufacturers, inverter companies, and government labs. These organizations appreciate the devotion to cost reduction that is inherent to the Hisco approach. The Hisco business model translates well: all these different types of companies in PV ecosystem benefit from reducing their cost of consumables.

“Reducing cost for our customers is in the Hisco DNA,” says Bob Dill, president of Hisco. “We provide supply chain optimization, vendor consolidation, local stocking, vendor managed inventory and the list goes on and on. However, it’s all smoke and mirrors unless we can quantify the value we bring. Our Documented Cost Savings program provides customers with hard data regarding the amount Hisco has saved them. In the 11 years of this program, we have realized over $70 million in cost savings for our customers. Last year alone was over $7 million with an average saving per customer of over $58,000. Those are customer-verified, documented savings. We are very proud of this and I think it speaks to our commitment to our customers.”

Hisco plans to keep nimble, stay on the leading edge and contribute to customers’ success regardless of their technological approach. “Contrary to conventional wisdom, I don’t believe we will see an accelerated rate of manufacturing consolidation in 2012,” says Dill. “The PV business environment remains dynamic. Government policies are constantly shifting, pricing pressure continues to mount, new players are entering all the time and technology continues to evolve. Hisco is an employee-owned company. The level of accountability, teamwork, and service from our employee-owners is unrivaled. We will continue to grow with this exciting industry.”

Original post by David Bae