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Spire to Exhibit at the Solar Conference EU PVSEC September 6 a" 10, 2010 in Valencia, Spain

^{Published on 2010-09-02 12:11:04 - Market Wire}
 

BEDFORD, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ Spire Corporation ] (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey manufacturing lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules and cells, today announced its Chairman and CEO, Roger G. Little, Spire Solara™s Executive Vice President and General Manager, Stephen J. Hogan, and Spirea™s senior management team will exhibit at the 25^th European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) in Valencia, Spain at Level 2, Hall 4, Booth15.

At the conference, Spire will introduce its Spi-Linea" 20MW (Megawatt) Assembly Line, which will assemble 20MW of modules per year, offering new entrants into the market a greater than 30% reduction in capital expenditure (CAPEX) costs per watt. The new line incorporates several systems introduced in 2010, including Spirea™s latest Spi-Assembler^TM 7000 and Spi-Laminator^TM 1837, along with its Spi-SunSimulator^TM4600 single long-pulse, and other critical manufacturing and testing equipment.

The Conference will take place from the 6^th to 10^th of September 2010 at the Feria Valencia in Valencia, Spain. The EU PVSEC is considered the most important international conference in the field of PV. During this time, the 5^th World Conference on PV Energy Conversion will also occur.

Spirea™s Vice President of Solar Marketing, Mr. Mark Willingham, will present Advanced Metrology Solutions for High-Volume Module Production from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 7, in the Sala Ausias March section of the Exhibition Area. Mr. Hogan will also be participating in the EPIA B2B Workshop as a Panel participant in Accelerating the Transfer from Lab to Fab on Thursday, September 9^th.

About Spire Corporation

[ Spire Corporation ] is a global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey manufacturing lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules and cells.

Certain matters described in this press 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 Form10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.