SolarWorld AG / Miscellaneous
26.09.2008
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In the framework of its annual award ceremony for the best annual reports
of the most important German stock corporations manager magazin awarded
second place to SolarWorld AG among all TecDAX companies. The jury under
the scientific guidance of Professor Jörg Baetge of the University of
Münster examined the reports of the major German companies under the
criteria of content, design and language. The magazine carried an extensive
article about this in its edition of 26 September 2008.
'We are proud of this award', said a delighted Philipp Koecke, CFO of
SolarWorld AG. 'We see this as confirmation of our approach of reporting
openly and understandably about our group of companies. We have always
adhered to this principle even though the enormous growth of the last few
years again and again confronted our communications efforts with new
challenges. For us sustainability and transparency are part and parcel of a
strategic concept that is reflected in the communications with our
shareholders and the interested public.' The group is also happy about the
fact that the vote of the jury for the SolarWorld AG annual report was
again improved this year after a third place last year and a seventh place
the year before.
About SolarWorld AG: The SolarWorld AG group of companies (ISIN:
DE0005108401) is a world leader in providing high quality solar power
technology. The company is represented at all the stages of the solar value
chain combining as it does all industrial activities from the raw material
silicon to turn-key solar power plants. SolarWorld AG is represented in all
the solar growth markets of the world. The group which is exclusively
active in its core business of photovoltaic technology operates production
facilities in Germany and in the USA. These supply the sales offices of
SolarWorld AG in Germany, Spain, the USA, South Africa and Singapore. In
South Korea SolarWorld AG is currently in the process of building up a
solar module production in order to be able to service the growing demand
from Asia on the spot in the future. The central element of the business in
addition to the distribution of turn-key solar power plants and solar
modules to the trade is the sale of solar silicon wafers to the
international solar industry. Next to grid-coupled (On-Grid) products the
SolarWorld Group also distributes grid-independent (Off-Grid) solar power
solutions that make an important contribution to the economic development
of threshold and developing countries. Under the umbrella of Solar2World
the group has pooled its ethical commitment to solar technology especially
in the developing countries.
SolarWorld AG employs some 2,095 people worldwide. The company is listed at
the stock exchange in the technology index TecDAX, in the ÖkoDAX, in the
Dow Jones STOXX 600, in the international MSCI Index as well as in the
sustainability indices DAXglobal Alternative Energy and NAI.
Contact:
SolarWorld AG Investor Relations / Marketing Communications,
Tel.-No.: 0228/55920-470; Fax-No.: 0228/55920-9470,
E-Mail: placement@solarworld.de; Internet: www.solarworld.de
DGAP 26.09.2008
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Language: English
Issuer: SolarWorld AG
Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 12-14
53113 Bonn
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 470
Fax: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 99
E-mail: placement@solarworld.de
Internet: www.solarworld.de
ISIN: DE0005108401
WKN: 510840
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Düsseldorf;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Hamburg, Stuttgart;
Terminbörse EUREX
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