Spire to Provide Turnkey Solar Module Manufacturing Line to BTCP in Russia

BEDFORD, MA (ots) - Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global
solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment
to manufacture photovoltaic modules and cells worldwide, today
announced that it has received a contract from Bogoroditsk Plant of
Techno-Chemical Products (BTCP) to provide a photovoltaic module
assembly line for the Company's operations in Russia.

BTCP is an international chemical company located in the Tula
region of Russia. This will be the company's first solar module
manufacturing facility for both the standard module, and building
integrated photovoltaic markets.

Spire will provide BTCP with a semi-automated crystalline silicon
module manufacturing line capable of producing up to 12 megawatts of
solar modules per year. It will integrate Spire's key interconnect,
lamination, and testing machines, along with intermediate tooling
stations. Spire will supply the process technology and training to
operate the factory, as well as assistance in qualifying the
factory's modules to international standards and certification. The
line is designed to be easily expandable at a later date.

"We are excited to be chosen to provide our turnkey line solution
to BTCP in Russia. This order demonstrates our capability to put new
customers into the rapidly growing photovoltaic business," said Roger
G. Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire Corporation. "Entering an
entirely new market can be difficult for a manufacturer, but Spire's
ability to deliver a complete solar factory, as well as the training
needed to succeed in the solar market, enables companies with limited
exposure to the industry to efficiently add solar module
manufacturing to their business portfolio."

"We are excited to work with Spire, the industry leader, on this
important new venture," said Alexey Baberdin, Director General of
BTCP. "The solar market is expanding rapidly in Russia and Spire
offers the quickest, most efficient path to joining the industry. We
are confident that Spire's industry expertise and superior
manufacturing equipment position us for success as we integrate solar
manufacturing into our existing business."

About Bogoroditsk Plant of Techno-Chemical Products

BTCP is a high technology company and was established in 1962 to
pursue the production of electronic components. In addition to
electronic components and new solar initiative, the Company invests
in research and development in the areas of quantum electronics,
optoelectronics, scintillation elements, and special apparatus for
the production of amplification and tube elements.

About Spire Corporation

Spire Corporation is a global solar company providing turnkey
production lines and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic
modules and cells worldwide. Spire Semiconductor provides processing
technology for Spire's silicon solar cell manufacturing lines and
produces and sells custom gallium arsenide cells for solar
concentrator systems.

For corporate or product information, contact Spire Corporation,
"The Turnkey Solar Factory Company," at 781 275 6000, or visit
www.spirecorp.com.

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Spire Corporation Sharon Merrill Associates, Inc.
Roger G. Little Paul Sagan
Chairman & CEO Vice President
781-275-6000 617-542-5300 / spir@investorrelations.com

Certain matters described in this news release may be forward-looking
statements subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those indicated in the
forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, the risk of dependence on market growth,
competition and dependence on government agencies and other third
parties for funding contract research and services, as well as other
factors described in the Company's Form 10 K and other periodic
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.