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February 2016
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egen is amajor player in the UK
PV market with a market share
of more than 35%of the British
olar PV market. Segen’s expertise
and experience will enable Segen-
Solar to offer an unrivalled service to
its carefully selected customer base
in South Africa.
The UK based company has been
in operation since 2005 and employs
over 85 highly skilled members of
staff in its businesses in Germany, UK
and now South Africa.
Earlier this year, Segen also suc-
cessfully launched SegenSolar GmbH
in Cologne, Germany, which focuses
on providing a wide range of state-
of-the-art solar PV products and
solutions.
The recent launch of SegenSolar
GmbH and SegenSolar are part of
the UK company’s overall strategy
to expand and strengthen its global
trading activities after celebrating a
decade of success.
SegenSolar will begin trading early
2016 and focus on offering a select
range of quality, proven solar PV
products for PV off-grid, grid tied, hy-
brid, back-up and storage solutions.
SegenSolar proudly brings cus-
tomers its ground breaking, reliable
and easy to use on-line trade portal
that the company has developed and
refined over the years.
The online portal will allow trading
customers in South Africa to design
a solar PV system and obtain a de-
tailed breakdown of the components
required for that system within min-
utes, see real time stock levels, order
any product/system 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
The South African company will
follow the group’s proven formula
of success by offering customers a
range of quality, proven PV products
and solutions at attractive prices,
great stock levels, excellent customer
support and product training, and an
honest, transparent relationshipwith
its trading customers.
The executive team includes Andy
Pegg, CEO Segen (UK); Sven Seeger,
Managing Director, SegenSolar;
Michael Schäfer, Managing Director
of SegenSolar GmbH.
Pegg said: “We are very excited
and confident about the launch of
our new business! South Africa is
one of the most dynamic and rapidly
Segen UK launches SegenSolar
emerging solar markets in theworld.”
Schäfer said: “The launch of
SegenSolar is a culmination of our
collective efforts over recent years to
expandour solar PVwork andoffering
in the Africanmarket. The realisation
of a long-time aspiration and dream
that has finally materialised.
Seeger concluded: “It is a proud
moment for us and a privilege to
be part of such an amazing team of
people who will add significant value
to our local solar PVmarket. Working
with an established, credible and
experienced company like Segen will
enable us to offer our customers an
unparalleled level of service, relevant
quality PV products at attractive
prices and innovative solutions to
help grow their businesses and ours.
We are incredibly excited about the
launch and look forward tomirroring
the level of success seen in the UK,
and recently in Germany.”
Visit SegenSolar at the Power &
Electricity World Africa 2016 Expo,
March 15-16, or call SegenSolar on
0330 9000 133.
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Energy Efficiency, Green building & IBTs
The UK’s largest wholesale distributor of solar PV products, Segen,
has announced the launch of its innovative business in Johannesburg,
SegenSolar.