What Solibro does

Solibro is a privately held German company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Bitterfeld, Germany. According to its firmographic profile, the company designs and manufactures thin-film solar and photovoltaic modules based on CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide) technology — a semiconductor compound distinct from the crystalline-silicon cells that dominate the global photovoltaic market. The company employs between 101 and 250 people and operates in the renewable-energy hardware segment, serving what is presumed to be a B2B customer base of solar project developers, EPC contractors, and installer channels typical for European module manufacturers.

No product line details, certifications, customer logos, patents, partnerships, or pricing mechanics are disclosed in the available data. Revenue, funding history, and ownership structure are also not available, and the company's website currently resolves to a loader/verification page rather than substantive corporate content. The leadership section identifies Khaled El-Solh as a managing partner, but no broader management team, board composition, or investor base is documented.

The business model is presumed to follow a standard solar module OEM/ODM pattern — manufacturing CIGS modules for sale through distribution and project channels — but no revenue mechanics, geographic mix, capacity figures, or order pipeline is available to confirm or refine this assumption. As a result, while the company is positioned in a technically differentiated corner of the European solar value chain, the absence of operational disclosure material leaves its commercial scale, financial health, and competitive position largely unverified from this dataset.

Name

Solibro

Website

https://solibro-solar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Solibro is a privately held German manufacturer, founded in 2006 and based in Bitterfeld, that designs and produces CIGS thin-film solar and photovoltaic modules for the renewable energy market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Thin-Film Photovoltaic Modules

NAICS

Solar Electric Power Generation (221114)

akta.pro primary industry

Solar PV Module & Cell Manufacturing (Crystalline, Thin-Film) (EUAMAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Solar PV Module Manufacturing (Cells, Modules, Thin-Film) (EUAMABAD), Next-Gen Photovoltaics R&D (Perovskite, Tandem, Organic, BIPV Materials) (EUAMAOAA)

Keywords

• Thin-film solar modules
• CIGS photovoltaic modules
• Solar cell manufacturing
• Photovoltaic module production
• Renewable energy equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Bitterfeld

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Core offering

Solibro designs and manufactures thin-film solar and photovoltaic modules based on CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide) technology. The company's products are physical PV modules intended for solar power generation applications. It operates as a module manufacturer in the renewable energy hardware market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CIGS thin-film solar modules

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• First Solar: Largest thin-film PV manufacturer globally, producing CdTe (cadmium telluride) modules. Most directly comparable to Solibro as a non-crystalline thin-film module OEM with utility-scale project offtake focus.
• MiaSolé (Hanwha subsidiary): US-based flexible CIGS thin-film module maker owned by Hanwha Q Cells; competes with Solibro in CIGS chemistry and in flexible/specialty thin-film applications such as rooftops and BIPV.
• Solar Frontier (Showa Denko / 3Sunergy era): Historical CIS (copper indium selenide) thin-film module manufacturer; the closest direct analogue to Solibro in terms of chemistry and product format, including overlapping rooftop and utility customer segments.
• Avancis: German CIGS thin-film module manufacturer also based in the Torgau/Saxony region; the closest geographic and technological peer to Solibro and shares a similar cost-curve and EU-policy exposure profile.

Broad incumbents

• REC Group: Singapore-headquartered PV module manufacturer with European sales focus; comparable to Solibro as a premium-positioned module brand selling into European residential and commercial rooftop segments.
• Meyer Burger Technology: European-headquartered PV module manufacturer using HJT and TOPCon cell technologies; comparable to Solibro as a competing European-domiciled module producer serving EU utility and rooftop markets.
• Trina Solar: Global Tier-1 c-Si module manufacturer with significant European distribution; relevant comparable because it sets the cost benchmark Solibro's CIGS modules must clear on $/W in European tenders.
• Hanwha Q Cells: One of the largest global crystalline-silicon module manufacturers with a German (Bitterfeld-Wolfen) production footprint; directly relevant as a competitor in the same European market and as the parent of MiaSolé in thin-film.

Regional players

• NICE Solar Energy (formerly SolarWorld Industries): German crystalline-silicon module producer continuing operations in the SolarWorld/Arnstadt lineage; directly comparable as a regional German module OEM competing for the same EU-onshoring demand that Solibro targets.

Emerging players

• Oxford PV: UK/Germany perovskite-silicon tandem PV manufacturer; overlaps with Solibro in the German/Berlin-Brandenburg manufacturing ecosystem and in the broader next-generation thin-film tandem PV roadmap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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