Press Releases

Dr Hanno M. Bästlein vacates seat on Board of Directors

Oerlikon Graziano Trasmissioni Reopens Facility

Company and employees focus on meeting customer needs

Oerlikon Graziano Trasmissioni begins Investigation

Thomas Babacan appointed Chief Operating Officer of Oerlikon

Another Oerlikon Solar customer enters mass production

Sunwell shipping thousands of modules

Significant challenges and solid performance

Fundamental business outlook remains positive

Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard opens Oerlikon Solar pilot line in Trübbach

Oerlikon Solar to create 1000 high-tech jobs by 2009

Oerlikon adjusts profit forecast and goodwill values to reflect changed market conditions

Oerlikon endows chair for an up-and-coming professor of terahertz photonics

Pathbreaking model for cooperation between science and industry

Planned change in Oerlikon’s financial leadership

Pfäffikon SZ, July 15, 2008 - Dr. Jörg Eichkorn, Chief Financial Officer and member of the Oerlikon Executive Board, will leave the company to pursue other opportunities. A corresponding agreement between the parties regarding termination of the employment contract was signed today. Dr. Eichkorn will remain with the…

Oerlikon Solar: CMC Magnetics places 180 MW repeat order

Thin Film PV Production Reaching a New High

World-wide capabilities strengthened by strategic partnerships and new facilities

Oerlikon Solar: Quickly Expanding Global Capacity

TÜV certificate for thin film silicon modules

ersol modules, produced with Oerlikon Solar equipment, now certified

Oerlikon Solar expanding regional markets

New customers in growth markets - Gadir Solar (Spain) purchases 40 MWp a-Si end-to-end solution - Chint Solar (China) first micromorph® customer in mainland China

Oerlikon sells its Magnetic Media Equipment Business to Intevac

• Pure asset deal plus IP agreement • Price undisclosed

Oerlikon Solar takes legal action against Sunfilm AG

Patent infringement investigated Oerlikon Solar takes legal action against Sunfilm AG

Chinese Ambassador to Switzerland

Chinese Government gratitude for the condolences and donation by Oerlikon

Repayment of Saurer Bond authorized

35th Annual General Meeting elects a new Board of Directors

The company’s new Board of Directors extends its area of competence and stands for the continuity of Oerlikon’s growth strategy

Statement Vladimir Kuznetsov

Board of Directors approves Renova’s applications for entry of shares in the register. New election proposals for composition of the Board of Directors

OC Oerlikon Board of Directors provisionally refuses Renova Industries’ applications for entry in share register

Oerlikon Solar: First contract in mainland China for full vertically integrated thin film solar production line

Media release - 1st Quarter 2008

Volumes in the first quarter of 2008 – adjusted for conversion differences – are slightly above previous year’s level