BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 23, 2009-- Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules and cells worldwide, today announced its attendance at the 3rd Annual ThinkGreen 2009 Conference: A Clean Technology & Alternative Energy Forum to be held March 24-26, 2009 at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, California.

Spire will participate in the Industry Growth Outlook from an Equipment Vendor Perspective panel at the ThinkGreen 2009 Conference during the Solar Value Chain session. This will take place on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 11:05 AM PDT in the Grand Ballroom C located on the third floor; it will be monitored by Joe Dews, a member of the conference sponsor ThinkEquity Partners.

About Spire Corporation

Spire Corporation is a global solar company providing turnkey production lines and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules and cells worldwide. Spire Semiconductor provides processing technology for Spire’s silicon solar cell manufacturing lines and produces and sells custom gallium arsenide cells for solar concentrator systems. For corporate or product information, contact Spire Corporation, “The Turnkey Solar Factory Company,” at 781-275-6000, or visit www.spirecorp.com.

Certain matters described in this news release may be forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk of dependence on market growth, competition and dependence on government agencies and other third parties for funding contract research and services, as well as other factors described in the Company's Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Source: Spire Corporation

Spire Corporation
Roger G. Little, 781-275-6000
Chairman & CEO