Satinal to expand in Southern Italy with new production hub of STRATO® SOLAR PV Encapsulants

Satinal Spa unveils the investment to open, in 2025, a new manufacturing plant and to expand its STRATO® EVA, STRATO® POE and STRATO® TPO encapsulants production for solar panels.

The new factory is located in Apulia Region, south of Italy, in the strategic Italian solar valley, and the production line will be dedicated to STRATO® SOLAR, a new division of Satinal Group, based on EVA, POE and TPO solar encapsulants.

According to Satinal Group, the innovative project consists in a 4-years business growth plan divided into 2 stages that, by 2029, aims at an extension of the production site of STRATO® SOLAR up to 20.000 sqm, able to host an annual production capacity of 10 GW, equivalent to 100 million square meters of EVA films and it expects to create up to 100 jobs once fully ramped up.

In Erba Headquarters, STRATO®‍ SOLAR already launched the first CarbonLight™ and ISCC+ certified EVA encapsulant in 2023. Moreover, starting from Q1 2025, a new innovative production line of STRATO®‍ SOLAR PV Encapsulants will start to operate with an annual production capacity of 2 GW, corresponding to 20 million sqm of production capacity, dedicated to EVA, POE and TPO solar encapsulants.

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Moreover, Erba HQ will remain the leading production hub for the production of STRATO® Safety Glass interlayers for architecture and interior design, in its 10.000 sqm factory hiring up to 60 employees. Three production lines for safety glass interlayers production will keep on running in Erba, corresponding to a production capacity of 20 million square meters Italian quality STRATO®‍ EVA films, in order to expand the STRATO® COLOUR product range, including STRATO® CarbonLight™ version, and meeting the rising demand of international markets.

Satinal’s business plan also includes an upgrading of its R&D Lab, a continuous cooperation with European leading research centres and universities. Once again, the mission of the Company remains that of consistently invest in innovation and research, the best way to offer the right mix of top-quality, alternative, sustainable and green solutions to its clients.

Establishing this factory is a key milestone: STRATO® Solar is a leading Company and the production hub in Europe of EVA, POE and TPO solar encapsulant films for the photovoltaic industry. A 100% Italian production, synonymous with high-quality and first choice materials.