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| Company type | Societas Europaea |
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| ISIN | DE0007471195 |
| Industry | Solar energy |
| Predecessor | Solon AG für Solartechnik |
| Founded | Berlin, Germany (27 November 1997) |
Key people | Thomas Krupke (CEO), Dr. Lars Podlowski (CTO), Dr. Gero Wiese (COO), Anke Hunziger (CHRO), Simone Prüfer (CFO) |
| Products | Solar panels, Solon mover |
| Revenue | 2008: €815,1 million (2007: €503.1 million) |
| 2008: €30,9 million (2007: €22,2 million) | |
Number of employees | 943 (2008) |
| Website | www.solon.com |
Solon SE was a German solar energy company with headquarters in Berlin. Solon SE produced photovoltaic modules at its production sites in Greifswald (Germany, SOLON Nord GmbH), Steinach in Tirol (Austria, SOLON Hilber Technologie GmbH), Carmignano di Brenta (Italy, SOLON S.p.A., formerly known as S.E. Project s.r.l.), Tucson (USA, SOLON Corporation) and Berlin (Germany, SOLON Photovoltaik GmbH). Solon also offered turn-key solar power plants, projected by SOLON Inverstments (Freiburg, Germany) and Inverters, developed and produced by SOLON Inverters AG (Uznach, Switzerland, formerly known as asp AG).
In 2008 Solon had a production capacity for photovoltaic modules of 450 MWp (2007: 210 MWp; 2006: 130 MWp) and with a production of 176 MWp (2007: 118 MWp; 2006: 84 MWp) Solon maintained to be one of the biggest module producer in Germany and Europe. Solon employed around 943 employees at the end of 2008 and achieved a turn over of 815,1 million € and a net profit of 30,9 million € (2007: 503,1 million € und 22,2 million €; 2006: 346,4 million € und 14,4 million €).