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Oerlikon establishes Scientific Advisory Board
10 March 2008
A new Scientific Advisory Board for Oerlikon has been established, with the aim of keeping the company abreast of all R&D innovations. Leading the Advisory Board is Professor Werner Martienssen from the University of Frankfurt am Main, who will keep Oerlikon’s CEO Dr. Uwe Krüger and Executive Vice President of R&D Dr. Andreas Widl informed of all developments.LDK Solar expands Board
07 March 2008
LDK Solar has added Dr. Junwu Liang to the Board of LDK Solar as an Independent Director. Dr. Liang is the third Independent Director on the LDK Board, and brings the total number of company Directors to eight.
Read more >>SolFocus Europe establishes management team
05 March 2008
Following the selection of the members for SolFocus Europe’s Board in November 2007, the company has appointed Roberto de Diego Arozamena (pictured) as Managing Director of SolFocus Europe and Pedro Ladron de Guevara de Echavarria as Vice President and General Manager of the company’s Tracking Systems Business Division.
Read more >>Johan van Splunter joins Solarfun Board as non-executive Director
05 March 2008
A management and manufacturing expert of the hi-tech industry, Johan van Splunter’s (pictured) near-40 years of experience will be brought into play in his new role as non-executive independent Director of Solarfun.
Read more >>Signet Solar enlists expertise of three new Board members
04 March 2008 | Comments (1)
Signet Solar has added three new members to its board, two of whom are seasoned semiconductor industry professionals. Freescale CEO and Chairman Rich Beyer, Spansion EVP of Worldwide Operations Ajit Manocha, and EMCO Chairman and Managing Director Rajesh Jain have all joined Signet’s Board to aid in the thin film PV manufacturer’s global expansion.
Read more >>Christian Reinert resigns from SonnenEnergy’s Board
04 March 2008
SonnenEnergy has announced that Christian Reinert has resigned his place on the company’s Board of Directors to pursue his career in law. Appointed Vice-Chairman and a Director in 2007, Mr. Reinert also assumed the additional role of Director of International Operations of SonnenEnergie, the company’s German division.
Read more >>Cleantech America names new Director of Renewable Technology Planning
03 March 2008
Cleantech America has named Mark Stout as Director of its Renewable Technology Planning sector, with responsibility for sourcing and determining the suitability of sites for establishment of further renewable energy projects.
Read more >>DayStar’s CFO resigns
29 February 2008
In the second senior management change in a week for DayStar, the company has accepted the resignation of CFO Raja Venkatesh, effective as of March 14th.
Read more >>ersol adds fourth member to Board
28 February 2008
ersol Solar Energy AG has added a new member to its Board, which is currently made up of CEO Dr. Claus Beneking, CFO Ekhard von Dewitz and COO Jürgen Pressl. Joining this senior management is Peter Schneidewind (pictured), who was recently appointed Managing Director of ersol Thin Film GmbH.
Read more >>Ratson Morad to manage operations for DayStar
21 February 2008
DayStar Technologies has enlisted the expertise of Ratson Maorad to head up its operations management. As COO, Mr. Morad will focus mainly on the company’s production facility and will report to CEO Stephen DeLuca. The company also announced the departure of Jack McCaffrey from the role of VP of Manufacturing, who has left to pursue other interests.
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