Latest news for Spire Corporation 
Spire's first solar simulator to go to SoloPower for large area CIGS modules(10/05/2010)
Spire Corporation has announced the introduction of a 6 meter by 1.3 meter solar simulator with the first unit to be delivered to SoloPower, Inc. located in San Jose, California, for application to copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) modules. The SPI-Sun Simulator 6013SLP (6013) is based on Spire’s Single Long Pulse (SLP) series. Spire’s simulators are leading the industry with over 400 in use worldwide. Top module qualifying and testing age... [more]
Spire expands UNICOR solar cells manufacturing to 75MW capacity(19/10/2009)
Spire Corporation has entered an agreement with UNICOR - Federal Prison Industries, Inc. to expand their current 25 megawatt (MW) module manufacturing capacity by the addition of a 50MW module manufacturing line to be located in Sheridan, Oregon. UNICOR is a wholly-owned government corporation that is authorized to operate industries, such as solar PV factories, in federal correctional institutions throughout the United States. Spire’s module ... [more]
Discover Solar software helps Spire achieve higher average cell efficiencies and reduce manufacturing costs(17/07/2009)
Spire Corporation and Rudolph Technologies, Inc., have announced they have reached an agreement to include Rudolph’s Discover Solar™ yield analysis and process management software as part of Spire’s turnkey manufacturing product lines. “Rudolph’s Discover Solar Software provides all the process information to our solar cell production lines. It will allow our customers to bring new lines up to profitable yields and volumes even faster than the... [more]
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