Solar EnerTech Receives TUV Certification
23 December 2009 - 1:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Solar
EnerTech Corp. (OTC:SOEN) (BULLETIN BOARD: SOEN) (the "Company")
today announced that TUV Rheinland ("TUV") has issued its important
Safety Class II Certification to the Company's PV modules, which
enables the Company to sell its products to a wider spectrum of
customers primarily based in Europe. The TUV Rheinland Group is a
leading provider of technical services worldwide. Founded in 1872
and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, the Group's mission and
guiding principle is to achieve sustained development of safety and
quality in order to meet the challenges arising from the
interaction between man, technology and the environment. Product
certifications are issued to manufacturers whose products meet
TUV's safety and quality tests. TUV employees also monitor the
manufacturer's production facilities at regular intervals and check
whether manufactured products correspond with samples tested by TUV
to ensure that certified products continue to meet their
certification requirements. "We are pleased that our PV products
have received the certificate of compliance with TUV's specific
standards," commented Leo Young, Chief Executive Officer of Solar
EnerTech. "This certification offers our current and potential
buyers with increased confidence during their purchasing process,
as it provides an independent validation of the quality and safety
of our module products. The TUV certification will allow us to
increase our market share in Europe as we continue to deliver
state-of-the-art, high quality products." Solar Enertech's TUV
certificate is available via TUV's official website at:
http://www.tuvdotcom.com/ . Solar Enertech's certification number
is: 0000025709. About Solar EnerTech Corp. Solar EnerTech is a
photovoltaic ("PV") solar energy cell manufacturing enterprise
incorporated in the United States with its corporate office in
Menlo Park, California. The Company has established a sophisticated
63,000 square foot manufacturing plant located in China, in
Shanghai's Jinqiao Modern Technology Park. Currently, the Company
is capable of producing 50MW of solar cells from its existing
production lines. Solar EnerTech has also established a Joint
R&D Lab at Shanghai University to develop higher efficiency
cells and to put the results of that research to use in its
manufacturing processes. Led by one of the industry's top
scientists, the Company expects its R&D program to help bring
Solar EnerTech to the forefront of advanced solar technology
research and production. Safe Harbor Statement Statements contained
in this press release, which are not historical facts, are
forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are based largely on current expectations and are
subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors beyond our control that could cause actual events and
results to differ materially from these statements. These
statements are not guarantees of future performance, and readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements, which are relevant as of the date of the given press
release and should not be relied upon as of any subsequent date.
Solar EnerTech undertakes no obligation to update publicly any
forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Solar EnerTech Corp.
CONTACT: Bill Zima of ICR Inc., +1-203-682-8200 (Investor
Relations), for SOEN Web site: http://www.tuvdotcom.com/
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