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SMA Solar Technology AG: Dr.-Ing. h. c. Günther Cramer Dies
08.01.2015 / 10:06
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Corporate News from SMA Solar Technology AG and cdw Stiftungsverbund gGmbH
Dr.-Ing. h. c. Günther Cramer Dies
Company founder, long-standing Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of SMA Solar Technology AG and founder of the Günther
Cramer Foundation, Dr.-Ing. h. c. Günther Cramer, recipient of the German
Environmental Award, died on January 6, 2015, at the age of 62 after a
long, difficult illness. The Managing Board, Supervisory Board, Works
Council and employees of SMA Solar Technology AG and the management and
employees of cdw Stiftungsverbund gGmbH mourn the loss of a courageous
visionary and pioneer in the global energy transition.
"In Günther Cramer, we have lost an extraordinary person whom we will never
forget. As the company founder, CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board,
he shaped the history of SMA and its employees throughout his entire life.
His courage, passion and commitment to the energy transition will always
continue to serve as a model and an inspiration to us," says SMA CEO
Pierre-Pascal Urbon.
"Günther Cramer set real standards in his endeavors to advance renewable
energy and the industry. To that end, he was also involved at the level of
energy policy-making and the energy industry-both in the North Hesse region
as well as at the state and national level-with great commitment and
success," explains Volker Wasgindt, Managing Director of cdw
Stiftungsverbund. "His environmental and social commitment were
unparalleled. Günther Cramer will always have a lasting place in our
hearts, not only due to his achievements but also as an exceptional
person."
Günther Cramer foresaw the decentralized, renewable energy supply of the
future early on and never deterred from turning his vision into a reality.
With great courage, foresight and conviction, he worked with his partners
Peter Drews and Reiner Wettlaufer to transform SMA Solar Technology AG from
a small engineering firm to a global market and technology leader. Through
this work he played an important role in paving the way toward a global and
100 percent decentralized and renewable energy supply.
He continued to devote his efforts to this cause with tremendous passion
even after leaving the SMA Managing Board. He founded the Günther Cramer
Foundation, which is part of the cdw Stiftungsverbund gGmbH foundation
network. The Günther Cramer Foundation works together with the foundations
set up by Peter Drews and Reiner Wettlaufer towards the goals of
electrification of remote regions in developing countries using renewable
energies, and continued development of the North Hesse region.
Günther Cramer helped set in motion and drive a development that has become
permanently established around the world: The change in power supply
structures from centralized, large-scale conventional power plants to
decentralized renewable power generation units. His vision and his life's
work will live on at SMA Solar Technology AG and cdw Stiftungsverbund and
will be continued with perseverance by their employees, true to his motto:
"Let's be realists and attempt the impossible."
SMA Solar Technology AG cdw Stiftungsverbund gGmbH
Sonnenallee 1 Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 104
34266 Niestetal 34119 Kassel
Germany Germany
Head of Corporate Communication: Contact:
Anja Jasper Volker Wasgindt
Phone: +49 561 9522-2805 Phone: +49 561 766446-20
Presse@SMA.de Volker.Wasgindt@cdw-Stiftungsverbund.de
Press contact:
Susanne Henkel
Manager Corporate Press
Phone: +49 561 9522-1124
Fax: +49 561 9522-421400
Presse@SMA.de
Disclaimer:
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of SMA Solar Technology AG (the "Company") or any present or future
subsidiary of the Company (together with the Company, the "SMA Group") nor
should it form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any
contract to purchase or subscribe for any securities in the Company or any
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offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an
exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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Board of SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA or company) has available at this
time. Future-oriented statements are therefore only valid on the day on
which they are made. Future-oriented statements by nature contain risks and
elements of uncertainty. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors can lead to considerable differences between the actual
results, the financial position, the development or the performance of the
corporation and the estimates given here. These factors include those which
SMA has discussed in published reports. These reports are available on the
SMA website at www.SMA.de. The company accepts no obligation whatsoever to
update these future-oriented statements or to adjust them to future events
or developments.
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Company: SMA Solar Technology AG
Sonnenallee 1
34266 Niestetal
Germany
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