Sep. 25, 2009 (Business Wire) -- Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules and turnkey manufacturing lines today announced it has established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Spire Taiwan LLC that will have an office in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
“Spire Taiwan will provide rapid customer communications and will enhance its growing position within the region,” said Roger G. Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire Corporation. “It is a headquarters for equipment service operations and will support customers throughout China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and the Philippines, as well as others in the region. The branch is also staffed with multilingual sales and service engineers, allowing our customers to receive immediate care. Spire will also be establishing a regional spare parts inventory warehouse in Taiwan.”
“And of course, Taiwan itself is a major player in solar manufacturing, having recently established the Taiwan PV Standards Committee and has initiated government incentives to stimulate the industry,” concluded Mr. Little.
To contact the Spire Taiwan branch office:
| Telephone: |
| | +886.3.667.2727 |
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| Fax: | |
| | +886.3.667.2121 |
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| Address | : |
| | Spire Taiwan, LLC |
| | 7F, No. 253, Dong Sec. 1 |
| | Guangming 6th Road |
| | Zhubei City, Hsinchu County 302 |
| | Taiwan, R.O.C. |
About Spire Corporation
Spire Corporation is a global solar company providing capital equipment to manufacture PV modules, and turnkey manufacturing lines. Spire Semiconductor provides processing technology for Spire’s silicon solar cell lines and produces gallium arsenide cells for solar concentrator systems. For corporate or product information, contact Spire Corporation at 781-275-6000, or visit www.spirecorp.com.
Certain matters described in this news 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 Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
