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SEMI/PV Group Europe has announced that Prof. Dr. Peter Woditsch, the former CEO of Deutsche Solar and current CEO of Sunicon, has received the SEMI Europe Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented during SEMICON Europa 2010, held from October 19-21 in Dresden, Germany.
Woditsch has worked in the industry for over 40 years, spending the majority of this time with Bayer and SolarWorld in a variety of key positions. Woditsch founded Bayer Solar Lim in 1994 in Freiberg, Saxony, which was later acquired by SolarWorld in 2000 and renamed Deutsche Solar.
Woditsch remained at Deutsche Solar as CEO until July 2009. Since 2007, Woditsch has been the CEO of Sunicon, an affiliate of SolarWorld, responsible for silicon feedstock supply and recycling in the photovoltaic business. He holds a doctorate degree in chemistry from the University of Erlangen and also gave lectures as a professor at the University of MuÌ?nster in industrial inorganic chemistry.
"Prof. Dr. Peter Woditsch is one of the real European pioneers in Photovoltaic. He exemplifies the qualities of a SEMI Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and it is an honor to grant him the SEMI Europe Lifetime Achievement Award for 2010," said Heinz Kundert, SEMI Europe president.