centrotherm photovoltaics expands turnkey product range: subsidiary places new focus on crystalline module production

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Blaubeuren (euro adhoc) - Blaubeuren, March 3, 2009 - With its new
"Module Technology" business area, GP Solar GmbH, a 100 percent
subsidiary of centrotherm photovoltaics AG, is supplementing
centrotherm photovoltaics Group's range of products to include
crystalline module production. The company is initially launching
three module lines on the market. They are differentiated in terms of
output and scope, and offered either as individual engineering
packages or as turnkey lines. Depending on individual customer
requirements, the range not only includes technology and process
know-how, but also business plan development, module design
consulting, staff training and certification. As is also the case
with centrotherm photovoltaics' turnkey products in the solar cell
and thin-film areas, certain performance parameters are guaranteed
for crystalline module production, including breakage rates,
availability and hourly module output.

"Based on centrotherm photovoltaics Group's many years of process
know-how, and the innovative development work conducted by GP Solar,
we have developed an equipment-independent offer that ensures our
customers low total cost of ownership," commented Dr. Peter Fath,
Chief Technical Officer of centrotherm photovoltaics. "With the new
crystalline module lines, our product range is growing along the
solar value-creation chain, and we can offer a further element along
the way towards the fully integrated solar factory from our in-house
resources."

The centrotherm photovoltaics subsidiary GP Solar will present the
new module lines in detail at the Photovoltaics Technology Show held
between March 4 and March 6, 2009 in Munich, in Hall C1/Stand J11.

About centrotherm photovoltaics AG centrotherm photovoltaics AG,
which is based at Blaubeuren, is one of the world's leading
technology and service-providers for the manufacturing of solar cells
and solar silicon. The broad product spectrum comprises key equipment
and turnkey production lines for crystalline and thin-film solar
cells. The product range is supplemented by reactors and converters
for the manufacturing of solar silicon. centrotherm photovoltaics
guarantees its customers important performance parameters such as
production capacity, degree of efficacy, and completion deadlines for
turnkey lines. The Group employs over 1,100 staff members, and
operates in Europe, Asia and the USA. centrotherm photovoltaics
achieved revenue in the 2008 financial year of EUR 375 million, EBIT
of EUR 56 million*, and is listed in the TecDax of the Frankfurt
Securities Exchange. (*preliminary figures before purchase price
allocation)

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Further inquiry note:

Company contact:

Saskia Schultz-Ebert

Senior Manager Investor Relations

Tel: +49 7344 918-8890

E-mail: saskia.schultz-ebert@centrotherm.de

GP Solar GmbH corporate contact:

Gudrun Kintzel

Press Officer

Tel: +49 7531 282 48441

E-mail: gudrun.kintzel@gpsolar.de

Press contact:

Christina Siebels, Grit Pauli

HOSCHKE & CONSORTEN Public Relations GmbH

Tel: +49 40 3690 50-58 /-31

E-mail: c.siebels@hoschke.de; g.pauli@hoschke.de

Branche: Energy
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