Make solar panels «Q-Cells» fifth factory building

Only in March, was put into operation the fourth factory in Thalheim firms in the federal state of Saxony -Anhalt. The total power produced by solar cells is a factory in the year to 180 megawatts and approximately corresponds to the sum of the power plants of the three previous. Its construction lasted seven months and cost the company 50 million. euro.

Performance of firms in the first half of 2005 - still in the factory, including the fourth - has increased by 169 percent to 67 megawatts. Turnover for the same period doubled to $ 116.7 million. euro. Once scheduled for early October, the exchange process, the company intends to enter the German stock index Tec - the index of thirty leading technology companies in Germany.

The company «Q-Cells» emerged six years ago, the Berlin -based joint-stock company «Solon AG» and was during this time one of the world's largest manufacturers of solar cells. In Berlin, is still home to the company board. Both companies are now in close business relations. «Solon» manufactures solar cells from the «Q-Cells» solar modules. Technical Chairman of the «Q-Cells» Reiner Lemoine is a member of the Supervisory Board of JSC «Solon».