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100MW plant will be Oregon’s first thin film solar manufacturing plant and the largest nanotechno- logy manufacturing facility in the world. Solexant expects to receive a $25 million SELP loan from the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE), the largest loan bestowed in the 30-year history of the state energy loan program.

“We are pleased to welcome Solexant to Oregon, North America’s leading solar manufacturing cen- ter,” said Governor Kulongoski. “This investment will mean jobs immediately for Oregonians with the pro- mise of more in the future. In addition, this company brings a new technological facet to Oregon’s already booming solar manufacturing base and will help us continue to be a global leader in solar manufactu- ring.”

Along with an $18.75 million Business Energy Tax Credit (BETC) from ODOE, a $25 million loan from the State of Oregon Energy Loan Program and the $64 million in equity funding Solexant has raised to date, the company will have adequate funds to bring the nanotechnology-based thin film solar plant to full capacity. The factory will initially be housed in an existing 100,000 to 150,000 sq foot facility in Gres- ham with plans to construct the new manufacturing line in 2011. http://www.solexant.com

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pire Corporation (NASDAQ: SPIR) reported revenues from continuing operations for the

second-quarter ended June 30, 2010 of $22.3 milli- on, a 1% increase from $22.2 million for the same quarter of 2009. Net income for the second-quarter of 2010 was $1.4 million, or $0.16 per share, compared with a net loss of $4.6 million, or $(0.55)

per share for the second-quarter of 2009. The net income for the second quarter of 2010 includes a net gain of $1.6 million or $0.19 per share versus a $201,000 loss in the second quarter of 2009, or $(0.03) per share, from the Company‘s Medical Products Business Unit which has been classified as discontinued operations.

Roger G. Little, Chairman and CEO, said, “We are pleased that we had record revenues in the first half of 2010 with solar products and services, growing 24% from a year ago, and now representing 85% of our total revenue. During the first half of fiscal year 2010, the Company delivered a 50 megawatt (MW) per year module manufacturing line to UNICOR - Federal Prison Industries Inc. along with finalizing the terms of a previously installed 25MW Cell Line to Solaria Energia S.A. In addition, we continue to see strong volume with respect to our market leading SPI-Sun Simulator as well as an increase in the volu- me of solar cell revenue and solar systems implemen- tation projects.” http://www.spirecorp.com

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rbis acquires further 6.55m shares in Starphar- ma (ASX:SPL) increasing its holding to 11.46%. http://www.starpharma.com

amaTech APE GmbH & Co. KG, a wholly owned subsidiary of SUSS MicroTec AG (FSE

Germany: SMH) introduced the latest addition to its Next Generation Lithography line of mask integrity platforms, the MaskTrack Pro Bake/Develop (BD). The product addresses the challenges of mask manufacturing of advanced 193i Optical Immersi- on and Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL).

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