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Spirea?s CEO to Participate in His Thirteenth Ironman World Championship

^{Published on 2010-10-08 12:26:16 - 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 that its Chairman and CEO, [ Roger G. Little ], will participate in his thirteenth Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii on Saturday October9,2010.

This Championship is considered to be one of the worlda™s most grueling Triathlon events. It consists of a 2.4-mile open ocean swim immediately followed by a 112-mile bike race and finishes with a 26.2-mile marathon. The event, held on the big island of Hawaii, is known for its heat, humidity and strong trade winds which are known to blow constantly while biking through the challenging lava-covered terrain.

Mr. Little qualified for this challenge in June, 2010 at the Ironman Eagleman 70.3 in Columbia, Maryland. In early September, Mr. Little competed in the ITU World Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Representing the United States, he was only two minutes and thirty two seconds shy of the win in his age group, coming in third place. Most recently, Mr. Little competed in the USA Triathlon 2010 National Championship in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where he secured a first place finish.

It looks like this could be lucky number thirteen for Mr. Little and we wish him well. To watch the event and follow him live and in action visit: [ http://www.spirecorp.com/company/roger-little/index.php ] or for more information about Spire Corporation email [ PR@SpireCorp.com ].

About Spire Corporation

[ Spire Corporation ] is a global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey production lines to manufacture PV cells and modules, and was selected as 2009a™s Best Turnkey Company for PV Manufacturing.

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.