Sika sets sights on Solyndra tie-up

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Solyndra has announced a multi-year sales agreement with Sika Services AG. Requiring highly reflective rooftops to harness the most from Solyndra’s unique CIGS thin-film product makes the strategic collaboration with roofing specialist, Sika Services common sense. Both companies are to develope a combined product offering that will commercially available initially across major markets in Europe.

“Sika has a strong reputation as a supplier of roofing materials and photovoltaic systems worldwide and we are pleased to work together with them to develop a powerful combined offering for the challenging environment of the commercial rooftop solar market,” commented Clemens Jargon, Solyndra's President EMEA and Managing Director, Solyndra GmbH. “Their knowledge of rooftops and materials combined with our expertise in solar systems will help us work together to generate the highest amount of energy from commercial and industrial rooftops.”
 
In countries such as Germany, France and Italy, rooftop systems, including commercial-scale benefit from higher feed-in tariffs compared to ground mounted systems. Greater emphasis on commercial rooftop installations is expected in the coming years. 
 
 “We have found the lightweight, non-penetrating Solyndra system to be an excellent complement to our highly reflective rooftop materials and as interest in reflective, cool roofs grows in Europe, our two companies will work together to present a strong combined offering to our customers,” noted Heinz Meier, Sika's Corporate System Engineer Solar.
 
The companies did not state when a combined offering would made available. 
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