Founded 1998 | Parent organization NITOL Group LLC | |
Nitol Solar is an international, vertically integrated company originating from Russia whose main business activities are scientific development and manufacture of products used to generate solar energy. They were valued at $1bn in Jan 2008
Nitol’s current and envisaged product groups include the value chain from trichlorosilane to polycrystalline silicon and monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon wafers.
Nitol Solar production activity is based on two divisions – the Chemical Division and the Polysilicon Division. The divisions are integrated into a single value chain.
The Chemical Division manufactures chlorine, caustic soda, a number of chlorine-containing organic and inorganic products and processes gas for the production of trichlorosilane (raw material for polysilicon production).
The Polysilicon Division is focussed on the manufacture of the primary raw material for photovoltaic wafers.