Spire Honored with the SOLAR Industry Award 2009

Spire has been chosen as the “Turnkey PV Manufacturing Line Company of the Year”

• Press Release
• Source: Spire Corporation
• On 9:00 am EDT, Tuesday September 22, 2009

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR - News), a global solar company providing capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules and turnkey manufacturing lines announced it has won the SOLAR PV Management Magazine’s Turnkey Company of the Year Award.

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The SOLAR Industry Awards have been created to recognize the whole value chain and those people, products, and services that will develop innovative manufacturing and product approaches that have the potential to change the way we live.

Spire Solar was chosen after a fourteen-week campaign, voted on by industry professionals, and presented by the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Mr. David Ridsdale. Mr. Mark Willingham, Vice President of Marketing, has accepted the award on behalf of Spire Corporation at the 24^th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition in Hamburg, Germany.

“Being awarded the Turnkey PV Manufacturing Line Company of the Year is truly an honor,” said Roger G. Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire Corporation. “We have worked hard to achieve and uphold the high quality standards we have placed upon ourselves. Being publicly recognized for our efforts inspires us to set even higher benchmarks for success.”

For a video of Mr. Willingham’s award acceptance, please visit www.spiresolar.com.

About Spire Corporation

Spire Corporation is a global solar company providing capital equipment to manufacture PV modules, and turnkey manufacturing lines. Spire Semiconductor provides processing technology for Spire’s silicon solar cell lines and produces gallium arsenide cells for solar concentrator systems. For corporate or product information, contact Spire Corporation at 781-275-6000, or visit www.spirecorp.com.

Certain matters described in this news release may be forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk of dependence on market growth, competition and dependence on government agencies and other third parties for funding contract research and services, as well as other factors described in the Company's Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Spire Corporation
Mark Willingham, 781-275-6000
Vice President of Marketing