centrotherm photovoltaics receives thin-film area order

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Blaubeuren (euro adhoc) - 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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