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Bosch Solar Services

Logo: Robert Bosch GmbH, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

German solar wafer and solar cell manufacturer

Bosch Solar Energy AG was a German solar wafer and solar cell manufacturer, based in Erfurt, which specialized in crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic (PV) products, as well as thin-film modules using amorphous silicon and CIGS absorber materials. The company consisted of various divisions for silicon, wafers, solar cells and modules, research and production facilities in Germany and France and plans were made to open a production line in Malaysia.2 It is part of Robert Bosch.1 It ceased to exist in 2016.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1

Bosch Solar Energy AG was a German solar wafer and solar cell manufacturer, based in Erfurt, which specialized in crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic (PV) products, as well as thin-film modules using amorphous silicon and CIGS absorber materials. The company consisted of various divisions for silicon, wafers, solar cells and modules, research and production facilities in Germany and France and plans were made to open a production line in Malaysia. It has been listed on the German stock exchange since 30 September 2005 and on 19 December 2005 its shares were admitted to the TecDAX. The enterprise was founded in 1997 as ErSol Solarstrom GmbH & Co. KG.2

Corporate structure

Bosch Solar Services is part of a group headed by Robert Bosch. 62 entities, 18 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. May 31, 2016Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1997Founded Founded1

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