Solarion AG Starts Construction of New Plant in Zwenkau Near Leipzig

With a ground-breaking ceremony, Solarion AG started the construction of an integrated solar cell and module factory in the presence of the Saxon State minister of economic affairs, labor and transport, Sven Morlok. On a three hectares site in the new industrial park Zwenkau-South (section of the industrial park Leipzig-South), Solarion’s first production facility for mass manufacturing of thin-film solar cells and modules is being developed.

The company in Leipzig invests about €40 million in the plant and creates 90 new jobs. As a whole, 140 employees will be working in the plant with a production area of 12,000 square meters. The annual production volume is designed for 20 megawatts. At the beginning of 2012 the factory goes into operation.

“The construction project is an important step to shift our research and development efforts from the pilot production phase into mass production. Photovoltaic has great perspectives and with our proprietary technology we will develop an important market share“, Dr. Karsten Otte, CEO of the Solarion AG, said. The investment of the new plant is promoted by funds of the Free State of Saxony.

In the plant, Solarion produces highly efficient and at the same time cost-effective thin-film solar modules using copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS).