Solon celebrates new production line in Greifswald, Germany

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Solon has officially celebrated its newest solar module production line in Greifswald, Germany. The minister president of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, state minister for economic affairs and the mayor of Greifswald were on hand at the ceremony and sanctioned the beginning of production. In addition to the 60 new jobs the production line has created, Solon has increased its site manufacturing capacity to 185MWp.

Stefan Säuberlich, CEO of Solon said, “Solon is a premium manufacturer and places the greatest demands on the quality of its products. Our manufacturing site in Greifswald makes a significant contribution to the success of the company as a whole. Expanding the capacity of this site will help us to better serve the increased demand in Germany and around the world.”

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The new line will see an added 900 solar modules produced with a 50MWp capacity. The line generates solar modules based on crystalline technology with the flexibility of being used on various Solon modules.

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