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Meyer Burger Solar-Balkonkraftwerk Produkt

08.04.2024 · Corporate

Meyer Burger offers balcony solar system “Made in Germany” and launches sales via its own online store

Meyer Burger is offering the first balcony solar system completely “Made in Germany” and is working together with Solarnative.

03.04.2024 · Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR

Meyer Burger successfully completes its capital increase with gross proceeds of CHF 206.75 million

Following its rights offering, Meyer Burger Technology AG has placed all 496,302,442 new shares for which subscription rights were not exercised.

02.04.2024 · Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR

Meyer Burger announces preliminary take-up of 97.54% of offered shares in the ongoing capital increase; remaining shares to be placed in the market

Meyer Burger Technology AG ("Meyer Burger" or the "Company") announces the result of its rights offering.

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Gunter Erfurt on Tour

Gunter Erfurt, CEO of Meyer Burger, visits champions of the European solar industry and talks to them about the future of the energy transition Made in Europe.

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Fairs & Events

Sustainability and personality in focus at the Meyer Burger trade fair stand

19.-21.06.2024
Intersolar Europe
Munich, Germany
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17.-18.09.2024
Solar & Storage Live
Zurich, Switzerland
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Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2023

Meyer Burger supports student solar enthusiasts. Brunel takes bronze and aCentauri from Zurich crosses the finish line in Adelaide in twelfth place out of a total of 31 teams. 3000 kilometers through the Australian outback - solely on the energy of the sun and a great team spirit among both teams.

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Meyer Burger Photovoltaikkraftwerk Fussballstadion SC Freiburg

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Stadium roof of SC Freiburg gets Meyer Burger solar panels

Sports-Club Freiburg realizes photovoltaic power plant on a soccer stadium roof with ober 6000 solar modules from Meyer Burger. From mid-May 2022, the plant will be implemented by the club's energy and environmental partner badenovaWÄRMEPLUS.

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One of the first Meyer Burger solar installations in Germany

One of the first Meyer Burger solar systems has now been installed by our partner K.W.O. Energiezentrale at the Bemmer family in Dresden. How does such an installation work and why did the family of 5 chose solar modules made in Germany Our cameraman Jonas followed the setup all day long.

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Opening of Europe's largest solar module plant in Freiberg with Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretscher, Meyer Burger CEO Gunter Erfurt and Saxony's State Minister for Environmental Protection, Wolfram Günther (from left)

Opening Freiberg

On Wednesday, the new module production plant in Freiberg was launched.

Only one week after the virtual opening of the Meyer Burger solar cell plant in Thalheim, the new module production in Freiberg will be opened on Wednesday, May 26. In addition to Saxony's Prime Minister, Michael Kretschmer, other guests from politics and business will be present to discuss the future of the solar industry in Saxony in a live broadcast panel discussion.

Opening Thalheim

Meyer Burger opens its new high-performance cell factory in the Solar Valley of Bitterfeld-Wolfen virtually.

Special times need special formats. Thus, the opening of the new high-performance solar cell plant on May 18 in Thalheim, a district of Bitterfeld-Wolfen, took place almost exclusively digitally. Only Meyer Burger CEO, Gunter Erfurt, and Saxony-Anhalt's Minister of Economic Affairs, Prof. Armin Willingmann, were in person on site when a new era was ushered in at Solar Valley at the push of a button.

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18.05.2021 · Corporate

Meyer Burger opens new plant to produce high-performance solar cells in Thalheim (City of Bitterfeld-Wolfen)

Start towards environmentally friendly solar cell technology "Made in Europe" and important step towards more energy sovereignty in Europe. Prime…

Minister of Economics Dulig at Meyer Burger

05.05.2021 · Story

Meyer Burger shows how EU funds become innovations

Europe Week at the beginning of May is an opportunity for Saxony's Minister of Economic Affairs, Martin Dulig, to visit exemplary companies in the…

04.05.2021 · Corporate

Annual General Meeting 2021: Shareholders support the Board of Directors’ strategic expansion plan

In line with the measures taken by the Swiss Federal Council to combat the coronavirus, the 21st Annual General Meeting of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd…

27.04.2021 · Corporate

Meyer Burger sets new industry standards and unveils its high-performance solar modules at digital product premiere

Industry-leading solar modules based on patented Swiss technology produced in Germany with additional energy yield of up to 20 percent compared to…

Meyer Burger Research Neuchâtel Solar Cell

22.04.2021 · Corporate

Meyer Burger secures sustainable supply chain for production of highly efficient 'clean' solar modules

Before the start of the production, Meyer Burger concludes contracts with several wafer suppliers as plannedAll suppliers confirm sustainable…

14.04.2021 · Corporate

Meyer Burger signs distribution partnership with Solarmarkt for its high-performance solar modules in Switzerland

For the distribution of its new high-performance solar modules in Switzerland, Meyer Burger will partner with Solarmarkt GmbH. The largest distributor…

12.04.2021 · Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR

Attorney-at-law Urs Schenker nominated as member of the Board of Directors of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd

The Board of Directors of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd announced today the proposal of attorney-at-law Urs Schenker for election to the Board of…

12.03.2021 · Story

Three teams, one goal: efficiency

Meyer Burger is an innovation leader in the PV industry. The research teams in Switzerland give insight into their formula for success. SmartWire…

11.03.2021 · Story

From the valley to the hills

The “Solar Valley” was the symbol of success for the solar industry in Europe. It could be it again: In Thalheim, Meyer Burger is setting up a factory…

11.03.2021 · Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR

Meyer Burger on track for a successful transformation to a leading European manufacturer of solar cells and solar modules

2020 is the year of transformation from a supplier of production equipment to a technologically leading manufacturer of solar cells and solar…

04.03.2021 · Corporate

Meyer Burger commissions Jung von Matt with new brand and product positioning

Creative agency develops new corporate design, brand strategy and marketing campaign Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) has…

04.01.2021 · Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR

Meyer Burger receives up to 22.5 million euros in public funding to build environmentally friendly solar cell production

The state of Saxony-Anhalt and the Federal Republic of Germany are pledging up to 15 million euros in environmental protection aid for the…