Facts & Figures

• People

  • Scheuten’s head offices are established at Venlo in the Netherlands.
  • A staff of over 2000 worldwide
  • Turnover of over 500 million euros in 2010

• Innovative concepts

  • Scheuten Solar’s Gelsenkirchen ultra-modern facility manufacturing Multisol® modules and Optisol® special modules.
  • Scheuten Solar’s opening in 2007 of a new pilot factory for the manufacture of revolutionary thin film solar cells
  • Notable solar projects: Berlin Hauptbahnhof and the German Parliament building in Berlin.
  • Notable glass projects: the European Parliament in Brussels, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.
  • Integrated solar-glass projects: Municipal Offices at Dongen.

• World

  • Scheuten’s focus is on sustainable products and sustainable production. Solar energy and glass – building for the future.
  • Scheuten Solar expects to achieve 1 gigawatt capacity in terms of solar cell manufacture within a few years.
  • Many of the roofs at Scheuten facilities and factories are fitted with solar modules, resulting in lower CO2 emissions.
  • Much of the energy required for the manufacture of solar modules at Scheuten Solar’s Gelsenkirchen factory is generated by a 250kWp solar energy system on the roof.