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Canadian Solar Announces New 5 MW Contract with Topinfrasolar

2009-05-04 19:05 1273

TORONTO, May 4 /PRNewswire-Asia/ - Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", "Canadian Solar" or "we") (Nasdaq: CSIQ) today announced that it has signed a new sales agreement with Topinfrasolar, a Korean systems integrator, which will expand the relationship and supply agreement by an additional 5 MW. The contracted deliveries may include both regular and e-Modules and stipulates deliveries for Korean installations in 2009. Canadian Solar and Topinfrasolar have had a successful business relationship since the beginning of 2009 that has already resulted in the successful delivery to five projects of approximately 3 MW in total.

Dr Shawn Qu, Chairman and CEO said: "Topinfrasolar is a leading systems integrator in Korea with an excellent market reputation and particular strength in the commercial solar power plant market. The expansion of our collaboration with Topinfrasolar demonstrates our success of winning recurring orders from key customers with our premier high quality products and services. The combination of Canadian Solar high-performance modules with Topinfrasolar’s system designs provides solar investors with one-stop shopping solutions in Korean market. "

Mr. Hyung Seok Oh, CEO of Topinfrasolar said: "We are also very pleased to work with Canadian Solar, one of the world class suppliers of solar photovoltaic panels. We have so far implemented several solar farm projects in Korea using Canadian Solar modules and we are impressed by their consistently superior module quality. With this new contract, we look forward to continuing our relationship with Canadian Solar and to offering long-term reliable returns to our solar farm investors.

About Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSIQ)

Founded in 2001, Canadian Solar Inc. (Canadian Solar) is a vertically integrated manufacturer of solar cell, solar module and custom-designed solar application products serving customers worldwide. Canadian Solar is incorporated in Canada and conducts all of its manufacturing operations in China. Backed by years of experience and knowledge in the solar power market and the silicon industry, Canadian Solar has become a major global provider of solar power products for a wide range of applications. For more information, please visit http://www.canadian-solar.com .

About Topinfrasolar:

Founded in 2001, Topinfrasolar Co., Ltd. Is specialized in solar power plant system design and construction in Korea and has one of the best reputations as a quality solar systems provider in the Korean commercial solar power market.

Safe Harbor/Forward-Looking Statements for Canadian Solar

Certain statements in this press release including statements regarding expected future financial and industry growth are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These statements are made under the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by such terms as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "estimates," the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future shortage or availability of the supply of high-purity silicon; demand for end-use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers, including customers of our silicon materials sales; changes in demand from major markets such as Germany; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling price; delays in new product introduction; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company’s SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20-F originally filed on June 3, 2008. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance, or achievements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. All information provided in this press release is as of today’s date, unless otherwise stated, and Canadian Solar undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

Source: Canadian Solar Inc.
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