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In for the long haul

Italian module materials manufacturer Coveme has weathered many a solar storm since the 1980s, when it commercialized its first backsheet. The president and founder of the company, Pier Luigi Miciano, shares some of the lessons learned, how the company embraces sustainability, the importance of re-establishing a European solar value chain, and what’s in store for the future.

By

Becky Beetz

09 May 2022

Source: Coveme

Coveme has been operating in the EU since 1965. When did you focus on the solar industry and why? Coveme commercialized its first backsheets in the 1980s, but it was with the new millennium that volumes grew considerably, specifically with an expansion in the European market in 2006-07. A real turning point was in 2008 …

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