Horb am Neckar, Germany / Wodonga, Victoria, May 14th, 2012. Richard Dalla-Riva, Minister for Employment, Industrial Relations, Manufacturing, Exports and Trade of the Australian state of Victoria, visited DEGERenergie"s manufacturing partner Kiewa Valley Engineering KVE in Wodonga. The objective of the visit was to get informed about KVE"s partnership with the German global market leader and their solar tracking solutions.


Accompanied by a delegation of local politicians, the minister got an overview of the products and market position of the Australian company and its German partner. He had the details of the cooperation explained to him and wanted to know everything about the synergistic effects the two companies achieve together.

The attending politicians eagerly listened to the company representatives" explanations. The subsequent discussion was focused on the enormous potential of the companies involved and in particular on the benefits for the Albury/Wodonga region. Afterwards, the visitors were given a tour of the factory halls and convinced themselves of the DEGERenergie manufacturing partner"s great capabilities.

The delegation led by minister Dalla-Riva was deeply impressed by the strength of the partnership, by KVE"s competencies and above all by DEGERenergie"s technology.

Florian Falk Naumann, Country Manager for Australia at DEGERenergie: "This high-level visit has once more confirmed that our strategy pays off: Localizing production and sales in order to be closer to our customers."

DEGERenergie is the global market leader for solar tracking systems. Worldwide, more than 47,000 DEGERenergie systems are installed in 46 countries. The company is represented in Spain, Greece and North America with its own subsidiaries and cooperates with local distribution and service partners in many countries worldwide. The patented DEGERenergie Maximum Light Detection (MLD) technology makes it possible to improve the energy yield of solar power plants by an average of 45 percent compared to fixed systems.


For more information: www.DEGERenergie.com.


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