Spire to Provide First Solar with Eight Simulators

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR) has received a purchase order to provide First Solar, Inc. with eight Spire solar simulators. These simulators will be delivered to a manufacturing facility First Solar is building in Germany.

This brings First Solar’s order to 12 solar simulators from Spire in the last year. Spire delivered four simulators to First Solar in the fourth quarter of 2005.

Spire’s SPI-SUN SIMULATOR 350i is used to test the electrical performance of photovoltaic modules during the manufacturing process. Spire’s simulators can be used in the testing and qualification of thin film modules, such as those produced by First Solar, as well as in the manufacture of the more common crystalline silicon-based modules, making them versatile enough for all module manufacturers. First Solar will incorporate the new simulators into their new, highly automated thin film solar module production line.

Roger Little, CEO and Chairman of Spire Corporation, said, “We are pleased that First Solar has once again selected Spire to provide simulators for their module production line. We welcome the opportunity to deliver the state of the art technology needed by First Solar to meet their expanding production needs.”