SolarWorld AG / Miscellaneous 31.10.2008 Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SolarWorld AG has again been selected by the business consultancy Deloitte as one of the fastest growing German technology companies in 2008. Together with two other companies the solar technology group will receive the Sustained Excellence Award for the first time after having been elected to be among the 50 most successful and expansion-oriented technology providers in previous years. By awarding the prize the jurors paid tribute to the strong growth of SolarWorld AG as well as in particular to its innovative strength, entrepreneurial spirit, employee motivation and financial success. The award is sponsored jointly by the business magazine Capital, Deutsche Börse AG and the Deutsche Vereinigung für Finanzanalyse und Asset Management (DVFA). 'Growth and technological progress are of crucial importance to our business model focused as it is on sustainability', Dipl.-Kfm. tech. Philipp Koecke, Chief Financial Officer of SolarWorld AG, commented on the award. 'Because only economies of scale and permanent progress in efficiency can help us rapidly achieve the objective of full competitiveness of solar power thus making an important contribution to climate protection. The Sustained Excellence Award is a confirmation and at the same time an incentive to continue to proceed consistently along this route'. About SolarWorld AG: The SolarWorld AG group of companies (ISIN: DE0005108401) is a world leader in high quality solar power technology. The company is involved at all levels of the solar value chain and combines all activities of the industry from silicon as the raw material to turn-key solar power system. SolarWorld AG is represented in all international solar growth markets. The group is exclusively dedicated to its core business of photovoltaic power generation, operating production facilities in Germany and the USA. They in turn supply the SolarWorld AG sales offices in Germany, Spain, USA, South Africa and Singapore. In South Korea SolarWorld AG is currently building up a solar module production facility in order to be able to serve the growing demand in Asia on the spot in the future. A central element of the business in addition to the sale of turn-key solar systems and solar modules to retailers is the distribution of solar silicon wafers to the international solar cell industry. Apart from grid-coupled (on-grid) products the SolarWorld Group also sells off-grid solar power solutions that make an important contribution to the sustainable economic development of threshold and developing countries. Under the roof Solar2World the group has pooled its ethical commitment to solar power especially in developing countries. SolarWorld AG employs 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.: +49 228 55920 -470; Fax-No.: +49 228 55920-9470, E-mail: placement@solarworld.de; Internet: www.solarworld.de DGAP 31.10.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-News: SolarWorld AG to Receive Deloitte Award for Strength in Growth and Technology
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