The AMS-01 silicon tracker assembly and the industrial approach to detector construction

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-01) has successfully performed in a precursor flight in June 1998. The experiment is scheduled for a 3-year operation on the International Space Station (ISS) in the year 2003. For the ISS flight, the completion of the tracker as well as a major upgrade of the detector (AMS-02) is in progress. In this contribution, we present results from the AMS-01 silicon tracker construction and describe the organization of the assembly for phase 2. Given the large scale of this silicon detector, the involvement of private industries in the construction is addressed.