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OTB Solar commissions Line 2 of its customer ARISE

Eindhoven, NL- July 9th 2009

ARISE Technologies Corporation (TSX: APV and Frankfurt: A3T), which is dedicated to become a leader in high performance, high quality, cost-effective solar technology, today announced that its photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturing plant in Bischofswerda, Germany has completed, on schedule, the Site Acceptance Test (SAT) for Line 2.
“Line 2 is designed to produce 2 and 3 busbar mono-crystalline PV cells. We expect that the PV cells produced on Line 2 will achieve efficiencies of up to 18% once the line is fully optimized. Current efficiencies of Line 2 are at our initial target of up to 17%,” said vice-president and general manager of ARISE Technologies Germany, Sjouke Zijlstra.
“Our inline process uses significantly fewer production people and faster cycle-time compared with the more typical batch process. The line was delivered on-time and on-budget by our turnkey equipment supplier, OTB Solar of Eindhoven, the Netherlands” said Mr. Zijlstra.

"First of all I would like to congratulate ARISE with Line 2! This is also an important milestone for OTB Solar as we strive to enable production cost reductions for our customers by bringing novel inline equipment and applications to the market," says Paul Breddels, CEO of OTB Solar.

About OTB Solar
OTB Solar is a high tech supplier of solar cell production technology. The Company's product portfolio currently consists of fully automated in-line turnkey production solutions, high throughput PECVD modules with a small footprint and a high accuracy screenprinter. Besides this, OTB Solar is developing novel Ink Jet Printing solutions towards market introduction. OTB Solar builds on a 20 year long successful equipment development track record.

Contact information:

Chris Boomaars               
OTB Solar                   
Phone: +31 40 2581 581     
Fax: +31 40 2509 855        
Website:  www.otb-solar.com