(Source: Business Wire)

Spire
Corporation, (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing
turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture
photovoltaic (PV) modules and systems worldwide, announced that its
Chairman and CEO, Roger G. Little, will partake in a satellite/internet
broadcast today, October 7, 2009, from 12:00 to 3:00pm (EDT).
The broadcast, sponsored by the National Institute of Corrections and in
conjunction with the National Correctional Industries Association, is
titled Innovative Reentry Strategies: The Emerging Role of
Correctional Industries. This program will focus on presenting
collaborative strategies for correctional growth, including the alliance
between UNICOR -- Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR) and Spire
Solar.
Mr. Little will discuss UNICOR's PV factory operations during his
segment of the broadcast. His discussion will highlight the factory's
jobs creation as well as the skills developed by photovoltaic module
manufacturing workers, which are highly sought after in the growing
sector of "green collar" jobs.
Mr. Little will also shed light as to how the bond between UNICOR and
Spire Solar initiated, the future of the Solar Industry, and why the
"Land of Opportunity" is becoming the "Land of Renewable
Opportunity."
To register and watch this broadcast live or to view it after the event
takes place, visit:
http://www.spirecorp.com/spire-solar/in-the-news/index.php.
About Spire Corporation
Spire
Corporation is a global solar company providing turnkey production
lines and capital equipment to manufacture PV modules and systems
worldwide. Spire
Semiconductor provides processing technology for Spire's silicon
solar cell manufacturing lines and produces and sells custom gallium
arsenide cells for solar concentrator systems. For corporate or product
information, contact Spire Corporation, "The Turnkey Solar Factory
Company," at781-275-6000, 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 Form10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
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