SAN FRANCISCO and WUXI, China, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world’s largest photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, today announced it has been granted preliminary injunctions in Germany against "Suntech Power Holding (Hongkong) Co., Limited", which is unrelated to Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd, and two identified distributors. The preliminary injunctions prohibit the Hong-Kong based company and its distributors from distributing products that are branded "Suntech".

Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech’s Chairman and CEO said, "While there have only been isolated cases of unrelated companies offering imitation products, we are determined to proactively protect our customers’ interests and the integrity of the Suntech brand by vigorously pursuing companies that seek to unlawfully profit from the Suntech brand or produce imitation products."

Dr. Shi continued, "Due to our stringent quality control programs, Suntech solar products offer industry leading power output guarantees and frequently exceed project performance targets. They have also been utilized in many of the world’s largest and highest profile PV solar projects. We are proud of this record and will employ all legal resources available to defend the integrity of the Suntech brand."

Over 250 Suntech R&D engineers and scientists, and more than 700 Suntech quality control specialists contribute to ensuring that Suntech products deliver industry leading quality and power output guarantees. Suntech’s product quality and performance have been confirmed by globally recognized testing authorities such as TUV, VDE, UL, and ASU. In addition, all Suntech manufacturing locations have been accredited with ISO9000 Quality Management and ISO14000 Environmental Management standards.

Non-genuine and imitation products can often be identified by closely comparing the logos and product names with the genuine Suntech logo and product names, which can be found on the Suntech website ( http://www.suntech-power.com ) under Products: Datasheets or at the following link http://www.suntech-power.com/en/products/products_by_region.php .

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