SolarWorld AG Banks on Germany as Production Location, SolarWorld AG
Release Date: 2009-09-21
Bonn, 21.09.2009
SolarWorld AG is significantly expanding its production in Germany. The production capacity for solar power modules in Freiberg in Saxony will be tripled to 450 Megawatt until the end of 2010. This was announced by the company on the sidelines of the European Photovoltaic Conference in Hamburg. SolarWorld AG, which already employs more than 1,500 people in Germany, has thus again come out strongly in favor of Germany as a production location. Together with the already initiated expansion of the wafer production in Freiberg to 1,000 Megawatt the company will thus be creating more than 500 new jobs in the region. In view of the strong demand for German quality products the company is working at the limits of its capacity. Short-time working is unknown at the SolarWorld sites. Frank H. Asbeck, CEO and Chairman of SolarWorld AG: “We are producing at the highest quality level in Germany. The basis for this is provided by our highly motivated employees, our successful research and development work and our Freiberg site with its decades of tradition in solar power technology. Even in a more hotly contested solar market quality Made in Germany is a trump card”. Solar power modules from the SolarWorld production line in Freiberg have been the test winner in the long-term test of the independent Photon trade magazine. In recognition of its production that meets the highest ecological and entrepreneurial ethical standards SolarWorld received the German Sustainability Award in 2008 for the most sustainable production in Germany. SolarWorld stands for the definition of quality, environmental and social standards for the entire solar industry. Thus, the company demands the binding determination of environmental certifications for all major stages of the solar value chain all the way to the finished solar power module.
| Type: | NORMAL |
| Company: | SolarWorld AG |
| Country: | Germany |
| Url: | http://www.solarworld.de/4105.html?L=1 |