Spire to Deliver 20MW Solar PV Module Line to Brazil

BEDFORD, Mass., Mar 23, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment and turn-key manufacturing lines to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules announced today it is providing a 20 megawatt (MW) solar PV module line to Tecnometal Equipamentos (Tecnometal) of San Paulo, Brazil."We worked Mr. Bruno Topel, a solar pioneer of Heliodynamica in San Paulo, many years ago and now we are pleased to be working with him again at Tecnometal," said Roger G. Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire Corporation. "Brazil is quickly expanding its investments in green energy. We are pleased to provide this state-of-the-art production line to Tecnometal to allow them to capture an early market position in solar energy."

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