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centrotherm photovoltaics receives thin-film area order

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Blaubeuren, February 18, 2009 - centrotherm
photovoltaics AG has received an order in its thin-film business 
area. Illies Renewables GmbH, Hamburg, has ordered a 50 MW production
line for thin-film modules based on CIGS technology for its 
production location at Magdeburg-Rothensee, Germany. The order volume
is in excess of EUR 60 million. Delivery of the lines will begin 
prospectively in the first half of 2010.
Illies Renewables is a project development company active in the 
renewable energies area.
"It gives us great pleasure to support Illies Renewables in their 
entry into thin-film technology," commented Hans Autenrieth, member 
of the board of centrotherm photovoltaics AG. "This order provides 
further confirmation that we have backed a pioneering technology in 
CIGS." CIGS is currently the most efficient form of thin-film 
technology, achieving a rate of more than 20 percent in research 
settings.
centrotherm photovoltaics will prospectively present its provisional 
results for the 2008 financial year on February 19, 2009.
About centrotherm photovoltaics AG centrotherm photovoltaics AG, 
which is based at Blaubeuren, is one of the world's leading 
technology and service-providers for the manufacturing of solar cells
and solar silicon. The broad product spectrum comprises key equipment
and turnkey production lines for crystalline and thin-film solar 
cells. The product range is supplemented by reactors and converters 
for the manufacturing of solar silicon. centrotherm photovoltaics 
guarantees its customers important performance parameters such as 
production capacity, degree of efficacy, and completion deadlines for
turnkey lines. The company employs over 1,000 members of staff. It 
operates globally in Europe, Asia, and the USA. centrotherm 
photovoltaics achieved revenue in the 2007 financial year of EUR166.2
million, EBIT of EUR21.1 million, and is listed in the TecDax of the 
Frankfurt Securities Exchange.
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Further inquiry note:

Company contact:
Saskia Schultz-Ebert
Senior Manager Investor Relations
Tel: +49 7344 918-8890
E-mail: saskia.schultz-ebert@centrotherm.de

Press contact:
Christina Siebels, Grit Pauli
HOSCHKE & CONSORTEN Public Relations GmbH
Tel: +49 40 3690 50-58 /-31
E-mail: c.siebels@hoschke.de; g.pauli@hoschke.de

Branche: Energy
ISIN: DE000A0JMMN2
WKN: A0JMMN
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