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SCHOTT Solar Inaugurates ThinFilm Production Plant in Jena



Today, SCHOTT (http://www.us.schott.com/english/news/press.htmlNID=206). By investing a total of 75 million euros towards a state-of-the art manufacturing facility with a module capacity of 33 megawatts (MW) per year, SCHOTT will be creating an additional 180 jobs at its Jena site.





With the Prime Minister of Thuringia, Dieter Althaus, in attendance, Prof. Udo Ungeheuer, Chairman of the Board of Management of SCHOTT, emphasized the strategic importance of this production facility: "By engaging in high-technology mass production of thin-film modules, we are creating a second source of revenue for our photovoltaic activities. As with wafer-based technology, we will now be improving our position among the world's leading manufacturers in the field of thin-film technology, as well. Furthermore, we will be turning Jena into a site with strong solar expertise."



SCHOTT Solar (http://www.us.schott.com/english/news/press.htmlNID=206) began pursuing wafer production together with silicon manufacturer WACKER Chemie at the beginning of October, 2007. Only a few days ago, SCHOTT and WACKER officially laid the cornerstone for a new solar wafer manufacturing facility of their joint venture, WACKER SCHOTT Solar, in Jena.



In the field of thin-film technology, SCHOTT Solar has been operating a pilot production facility at its site in Putzbrunn, near Munich, since 1988. This will now be joined by industrial mass production in Jena. SCHOTT Solar also has plans to expand its product capacities for thin-film modules to 100 MW per year by 2010.



In addition to its photovoltaic activities, SCHOTT is also active in the area of solar thermal power plants. SCHOTT Solarthermie, the company's subsidiary based in Mitterteich (Bavaria), manufactures solar receivers as a key component of solar thermal power plants.



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