Quotes of SolarPlaza PV Business Tour participants

SolarPlaza has already organized over 10 business tours to: China (2), Spain (2), Italy - Greece and California, Taiwan, investment events in Madrid (2) and Rome and a Global demand conference in Milan.

SolarPlaza; Taiwan, January 2008

SolarPlaza; Milan, September 2007

Thanks again for a great tour! Extremely thorough and great access to very relevant companies, it was very valuable. Marie Fazio, Market Analyst, REC Solar

SolarPlaza visits MiaSole (PV Business Tour California June 2007)

Congratulations. You have done a very good job organizing this tour. Preparation, contacts, information were all excellent. It opened new perspectives for us. Maria Lahuerta, Responsable Marketing-comunicación, ADES (APLICACIONES DE ENERGIAS SUSTITUTIVAS)  

"First of all the tour was very well organized and I really enjoyed the week. It was a very interesting to hear the facts about the Greek and Italian pv-market directly from the local companies, associations and ministries. Because the group on this tour was quite international it was also a good possibility to start business even in other countries…", Stefan Burri, Sales Project Manager, Sputnik Engineering

SolarPlaza Global demand conference in Milan, Italy

"The PV tour of China was a great way to get an overview of the key developments underway in China in the field of solar energy" . Atul Vijaykar, VP of Business Development, Solaria

“The Solarplaza team made the trip both comprehensive and compelling. It was well designed to provide both a high-level understanding and specific information about many facets of the Chinese solar market.” Travis Bradford, President, Prometheus Institute

"SolarPlaza China tour held in April 2006, opened up a window of new business opportunities for our business. The Brokerage events and plant tours were well designed to bring together prospective business partners. The organizers took meticulous care in travel and boarding arrangements and in bringing a good balance between business and social events. I recommend Solar Plaza tours to those looking forward for new international business opportunities. Krishna Reddy, Ph.D.; Solar Semiconductor

"The China Tour was well done and all three of us from DOW learned from the experience. Bob Cleereman Sr. Director, Solar & Structural Technology; Dow Building Solutions

"We really had a Fantastic time, Very interesting tour, we learned a lot, thank you so much, The food was great to, especially in Pamplona we really want to go there again. Reinout Das; Sunstroom sl; Spain 

"Please do not let my fellow PV system integrators know about how great your China Tour was. The insights I gained about the future of Chinese manufacturing were terrific. Moreover, the networking with other international PV leaders that I enjoyed during informal times of the tour were indispensible. I just hope that my competitors don't find out about future Solar Plaza tours! Thank you again for such a terrific job of organizing this tour, and I look forward to participating in future events." Barry Cinnamon; CEO Akeena Solar

Refering to the PV tour in Spain last November: I was really impressed which additional business contacts rised because of my participation. I can really recommend to join these tours. It was not only perfectly organised but also very fruitful business wise. Andreas Fankhauser; International Sales Manager Sputnik Engineering AG

"The experience in China was interesting and already deemed successful. We have already signed one contract to sell some raw materials in China. This could not have been done without the proper contacts and all important face time that we had while on the Chinese PV tour. We also met potential partners that were on the tour itself that will provide synergies in the very near future. Chris Stern; Business Development Manager Targray Technology International, Inc.

“SolarPlaza offers a valuable, intensive and pleasant experience to meet in a short time a lot of PV-people in the visiting country as well as in the international delegation, with participants from over 10 countries. For Sunergy Investco both business trips to Spain and China have lead to interesting new business and cooperations.” Marion Braks Director; Sunergy Investco

"In Spain, it was living to the max with the group that joined SolarPlaza, the trip came up to our expectations and more ..." Bart Geutjes; SolarAccess

"An excellent programme with interesting speakers. Empowering me with interesting contacts, pratical directly applicable information and very useful insights in the latest developments" Paul Lubbers; Energés (Spain)  With much pleasure I enjoyed my participation in the PV Business Tour Spain 2006. We have made many new friends and met with colleagues and I am sure we will do business with several of them in the near future. I will certainly be interested in future trade missions to other promising PV markets like Greece and Italy. Fred Kas; SolInvest

Companies that joined previous PV Business Tours / Events of SolarPlaza

Solar Semiconductor, Solaria Corporation, DOW Chemical Company, Solland Solar, Akeena Solar, Dow Building Solutions, Fitacc, Germanos SA, Glaswerke Arnold GmbH & Co., KG Digipack, Horisun, JSC Kvazar, KEK, Prometheus Institute, Suntech Power Co., Ltd. RENA Sondermaschinen GmbH ,Sampol S.A., Santon Holland, Ultimate Renewables Limited, Webb.Wells Ltd., Enfinity, Enlog, Sevilla Beheer BV, Soto Ballesteros S.L., Sputnik Engineering AG, Sunergy Investco BV, Solahart All Valley Energy Systems, Solar Power Industries, Targray Technology International, Inc., SolarAccess, SolInvest, Energés S.L., Oskomera Solar Power Solutions, SolarNRG, Tuvalu Living, Asian Age Enterprise Ltd, T.I.V., Schneider Electric, Mondeka Ltd., NDRC/PMO, Hofung Renewables, Ades, Aplicaciones de Energías Sustitutivas S.L., Jiangyin Jetion Science and Technology Co., Ltd., South-Facing, Sputnik Engineering AG, HiTechMedia Systems s.r.o., LDK Solar, Hi-Tech / Europe, AES Corporation, Engel, Martifer Solar SA, Ecostream, Sustainable Energy Technologies, Orisol Corporacion Energetica, S.A, S.C MIDAS MIAV SRL, LAXTRON Energías Renovables, S.L., Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG, Ethon Energy, XsunX, Robert Bosch, Poivet, PPM Energy, Alternative Energy Investing, HELAPCO, REC, Xyratex, Solucar Solar, OptiSolar Inc., Mazzanti SpA, Quantasol Ltd., BioEnergy Developers Canada, Banc of America Securities LLC, RenCom, Credit Agricole Cheuvreux, Ferro Corp., Meyer Solar, Bangkok Solar Co., Ltd, Creative Energy Solar Investments A.E., Solsonica, De Lage Landen, GiraSolar, REC Group, Praxair Electronics, Sunways AG, Elkem Solar, AS Staff and Line, EPV Solar Solaire Direct, McKinsey & Co. Inc., Conergy AG, Arcelor Bettembourg S.A., Isovolta AG, Iatso, Piper Jaffray & Co., EuPD Research, GE Energy, CR Intrinsic EI, Sunpower Corporation, Solar Bekeart (Shanghai), TrinaSolar Limited

These companies are based in many different countries like: United States of America, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Isreal, Greece, Italy, France, Romenia, The Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Mexico, Ukraine, China & United Kingdom.