Short Portrait
About the SolarWorld AG:
The SolarWorld AG Group (ISIN: DE0005108401) is the worldwide leader in offering brand-name, high quality, crystalline solar-power technology. Its strength is its fully integrated solar production. From silicon as the raw material through wafers, cells and modules all the way to turn-key solar systems of all sizes, the group combines all stages of the solar value chain. The central business activity is selling quality modules into the installation and distribution trades and crystalline wafers to the international solar cell industry. Group headquarters are located in Bonn, Germany. The group´s largest production facilities operate in Freiberg, Germany and Hillsboro in the U.S. State of Oregon. Sustainability is the basis of the group strategy. Under the name Solar2World, the group supports care projects using off-grid solar-power solutions in developing countries, exemplifying sustainable economic development. Worldwide, SolarWorld employs about 3,300 people. SolarWorld AG has been quoted on the stock exchange since 1999 and today is listed on, among others, the TecDAX and ÖkoDAX as well as in the sustainability index NAI.
| Company name | SolarWorld AG |
| Place of business | Bonn, Germany |
| Locations | 11 in 8 countries |
| Year of foundation | 1998 |
| Founder | Dr.-Ing. E. h. Frank Asbeck |
| Going public | 1999 |
| Employees | > 3.300 |
| Sales 2010 | 1,3 billion Euro |
Members of the Board of Managers
Dr.-Ing. E. h. Frank Asbeck, Chairman/CEO
Graduate Finance Executive Mr. Philipp Koecke, Executive Director – Finance/CFO
Graduate Engineer Mr. Boris Klebensberger, Manager – Operative Business/COO
Graduate Industrial Engineer Mr. Frank Henn, Manager Sales/ CSO
Colette Rückert-Hennen, Chief Human Resources and Brand Office/CHRBO
Members of the Board of Directors
Dr. Claus Recktenwald, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Dr. Georg Gansen, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
Dr. Alexander von Bossel, LL.M (Edinb.), Member of the Board of Directors
Business segments
- Production of high efficient crystalline solar power technology (silicon, wafer, cell, module)
- World-wide trading of solar products and applications
- Recycling of solar products
- Research and Development
