BayWa r.e. draws out installing system division novotegra

• BayWa r.e. has spun out its placing system production arm into a new service unit, called novotegra.

Having formerly been a part of BayWa r.e.'s Solar power Solutions business unit, novotegra will currently be independently responsible for the manufacture of BayWa r.e.'s internally developed PV placing as well as substructure products. European sales will certainly remain to be led by BayWa r.e. existing wholesale divisions.

BayWa r.e. started developing placing framework for solar systems in 1999, utilizing galvanized to generate structure marketed under the product name of 'tegra'. This eventually became novotegra in 2007.

Germany renewables company BayWa r.e. said the spin-out would leave novotegra well positioned to proceed its growth, while likewise expanding right into new markets throughout Europe.

The business will certainly be based in Tübingen, Germany, and will certainly be led by Thomas Pfaff, that had actually been acting as novotegra's head of product administration.

"We are delighted by the fact that our system, whose effectiveness we have managed to continually enhance over the past couple of years, has established itself so well on the marketplace," Pfaff included.

BayWa r.e. said the department had actually enhanced turnover five-fold in the last 5 years and Frank Jessel, global director of solar profession at BayWa r.e., stated the company expected the repositioning of novotegra to cause much faster advancement times for brand-new products.