2002 

2003 

2004 

1:1 issue of bonus shares doubles capital stock to € 12.7 million. Top share of the year 2005

• SolarWorld Einstein Award presented for the first time. The award goes to personalities who have acquired special merits in promoting the use of solar energy.
• With the foundation of the sales subsidiaries SolarWorld California and SolarWorld Ibérica the group starts the expansion of its international business.
• Raw materials activities enhanced: Prototype plant for solar-grade silicon generation of Joint Solar Silicon produces the first quantity of silicon.

Further capital increase by 1.265 million shares – € 13.965 million of capital stock Renewed issue of bonus shares 1:3 – the capital stock rises to € 55.86 million

• Acquisition of the crystalline solar activities of Shell in Germany and the USA – basis for the future production in the USA and rise to be among the leading TOP 3 solar power providers worldwide
• Entry into solar motor racing – development of a solar racing car SolarWorld  No. 1 together with Bochum University of Applied Sciences, Germany

1:1 issue of bonus shares – doubling the capital stock to € 111.72 million

• Acquisition of a new production facility in Hillsboro in the US State of Oregon – milestone for the further expansion of US manufacturing activities in only 18 months
• Strategic expansion of the areas of Research & Development as well as Raw Materials by establishing the subsidiaries SolarWorld Innovations and Sunicon in Freiberg, Germany
• Under the umbrella of Solar2World the group pools its not-for-profit activities and contributes to the regional development in developing countries with its projects of rural solar power solutions.

2008 

Received the German Sustainability Award for the MOst Sustainable Production

• Opening of the SolarWorld solar factory in Hillsboro – America’s largest production facility for crystalline wafers and cells making SolarWorld the largest fully integrated solar group with production activities in the USA
• Expansion of the growth potential in the Asian market – establishment of solar module production in South Korea as part of the SolarWorld Korea joint venture
• Breaking ground for the construction of a further wafer factory at the Freiberg, Germany, site – the largest expansion project to date
• Group`s own silicon production got started within the framework of the Joint Solar Silicon (JSSI) joint venture with Evonik Degussa GmbH.

BILLION EURO REVENUE EXCEEDED FOR FIRST TIME – TEN YEAR STOCK EXCHANGE ANNIVERSARY

• Since the IPO in 1999 the stock price increased by 1,683 per cent. Thus, the SolarWorld stock shows the best performance of all German listed companies in the Prime and General Standard in the last ten years.
• Further expansion of the worldwide production network with locations in Germany, the USA and South Korea (joint venture). The group has thus strengthened its presence in the world’s largest growth and future markets.
• SolarWorld is the best known solar brand in Germany – strategic investments in brand awareness are increased by a factor of five.
• Innovative power is increased significantly – build-up of a new, international research campus with development labs for wafers, cells and modules
• AGM of SolarWorld AG approves the capping of Management Board salaries to twenty times the gross average income in the group, thus sending out a signal for the appropriate amount of management salaries in Germany.