Q-Cells Enjoys Several Category Wins at the Plus X Awards

Q-Cells SE has won several prizes at this year’s internationally famous Plus X Award, the most important competition anywhere on the globe for innovative products from the fields of technology, sport and lifestyle. Selected by a neutral, cross-industry jury of 134 international judges, the company’s new high-performance Q.PEAK module was named the winning product in four out of seven categories: Innovation, High Quality, Design and Ecology.

In addition, the judges of the Plus X Award chose Q.PEAK as the best solar module and awarded it the seal of “Best Product of the Year 2011.” As the manufacturer with the most Plus X Award seals in the Energy category, Q-Cells also took first prize as 2011’s most innovative brand in the new category of “Home Living and Building Technology.”

The monocrystalline solar module Q.PEAK combines excellent design and the very latest technology for increased output from photovoltaic systems. It is among the new generation of Q-Cells solar modules that use enhanced crystalline solar cells and improved surface metalization to achieve unparalleled levels of both efficiency and power generation.

“We are delighted that the important people on the Plus X Award jury have so resoundingly confirmed the leading position occupied by the latest Q-Cells solar modules in the Technology and Design categories,” said Thomas Raadts, head of marketing and product management at Q-Cells SE. “The Most Innovative Brand Award proves that our investments in brand management have been worthwhile and that Q-Cells is the most innovative brand in home technology.”