type public lse pvcs industry solar energy photovoltaics founded 1982 headquarters abingdon oxfordshire uk key people john sleeman chairman dr. iain dorrity ceo dr. peter finnegan cfo dr. hubert aulich director products silicon ingots blocks and wafers revenue 46.3 million 2012 1 website www.pvcrystalox.com pv crystalox solar plc is a supplier to solar cell manufacturers producing multicrystalline silicon wafers for use in solar electricity generation systems . it has operations in germany united kingdom and japan and its headquarters are in the united kingdom . it is listed on the london stock exchange and was a former constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 technology and products 3 references 4 external links history edit crystalox was established as a private limited company in 1982 in the town of wantage in oxfordshire specialising in the design and manufacture of equipment for purification and crystal growth of metals alloys semiconductors and electro optic materials . 2 in 1990 the company started development of industrial production systems for directional solidification of multicrystalline silicon for the solar cell industry . 2 in 1994 there was a management buy out by 6 senior managers . 2 1997 saw the incorporation of pv silicon ag in erfurt germany a specialist silicon wafer producer . 2 a strategic partnership was formed between crystalox and pv silicon in 1999 which progressed to the merging of the two companies in 2002 and the incorporation of pv crystalox ag . 2 in 2006 the decision was taken to build a silicon production plant in germany . 3 in june 2007 the company made its debut on the london stock exchange to raise additional funds for in house silicon production and to further expand its international business . 4 between september 2007 5 and march 2010 6 the group was a constituent of the ftse 250 index . technology and products edit the company s industrial focus comprises the production of the polysilicon raw material at its factory in bitterfeld in germany melting and crystallization of the silicon to form ingots at various sites around abingdon in the uk and converting the ingots into thin multicrystalline silicon wafers internally at the company s facility in erfurt in germany and externally at subcontractors in japan . these wafers are then sold to companies in the photovoltaics industry which where they are transformed into solar cells using semiconductor processing technology linked together in strings and laminated between glass and plastic sheets to form durable modules . references edit a b c d http www.pvcrystalox.com media pdf pv % 20crystalox % 20solar % 20plc annual % 20report % 202012.pdf a b c d e history . pv crystalox solar plc. retrieved 2008 05 19 . spectrawatt sources wafers from pv crystalox solar . gunther portfolio . retrieved 2008 10 12 . crystalox solar heads for 50m ipo . ee times . retrieved 2008 10 12 . ftse 250 index constituents . ftse group . retrieved 2008 05 19 . ftse 250 index constituents 10 march 2010 . ftse group . retrieved 2010 03 10 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pv crystalox solar & oldid 701305380 categories companies listed on the london stock exchangecompanies established in 1982companies based in oxfordshireengineering companies of the united kingdomsilicon wafer producersphotovoltaics manufacturers1982 establishments in englandhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrasesarticles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases from april 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 january 2016 at 19 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view