Sustainability Report - Bank Sarasin-Alpen

Solar Energy 2005
two, the Greek company Foco. A third important player is involved in this merger:
Denmark’s VKR Holding, which owns a stake in both companies. Other important
companies who want to compete in the premier league include Schüco, Viessmann
and BBT. All three have announced or already completed additional
expansion plans for their solar business. Fig. 17 provides an overview of the
most important European players in the solar heating industry.
Fig. 17: The most important European players in the solar heating industry
Company Production 2004 Sales 2004 Employees 2004
(1000 m2 collector area) (EUR m)
Total Solar heating Total Solar heating
Alanod-Sunselect (DE) 900 (C) 255