Start-up plans polysilicon plant in Italy

June 11, 2008
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An Italian start-up, Estelux, has given a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., to oversee the construction of it first polysilicon production facility to be built on an existing petrochemical site in Ferrara, Italy. SOLON Group was said to be an owner of shares in Estelux. The plant is expected to cost approximately €360 million and produce 4,000 tins of polysilion per year with full capacity expected to be reached in 2010.

Estelux’s Chief Executive Officer Domenico Sartore noted, “Estelux is a pioneer in the photovoltaic and sustainability industry and we are glad to have Jacobs as a partner in this investment because we share the same vision and approach of developing innovative solutions.”

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The polysilicon plant will use the ‘Siemens process’ and have two production buildings employing a closed loop process.

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