Sole S.A.
Sole S.A. was the first Greek company to be involved in the renewable energy sources sector, since its foundation in 1974. Until today, it still maintains its leadership in the European solar water heater market exporting 70 of its production all over the world. Sole produces solar thermal collectors, thermosyphon solar water heaters, compact solar water heaters and undertakes projects for sanitary or process hot water, room heating, pool heating and Solar Air Conditioning.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Solar Energy
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About US
Sole produces solar thermal collectors, thermosyphon solar water heaters, compact solar water heaters and undertakes projects for sanitary or process hot water, room heating, pool heating and Solar Air Conditioning.
Technological Excellence
The philosophy and main objective, upon which SOLE was founded and developed, was, is and will always be the production of quality, high tech solar water heaters, hot water boilers and solar panels, and the ultimate satisfaction of the ultimate customer. Thus, the company has a specialized research and development department which constantly improves and develops the quality of SOLE products. All solar water heaters, boilers and solar panels are manufactured according to the ISO 9001:2008 , quality management system and certified for their reliability and performance by the EKEFE DIMOKRITOS, INTA (Spain), CERTIF (Portugal), CSTB (France) and TUV (Germany) and SRCC (USA) institutions.
The innovative technology applied by SOLE, is a result of long experience of the company’s personnel and responsible administration.
History
- 1974: Panos Lamaris establishes the 1st solar products manufacturing company in Greece and the European Union. The same year SOLE S.A. produces the well known solar water heater “HELIOTHERMO”.
- 1975: The company innovates and applies the closed circuit thermosyphon system for the first time in solar water heaters. Today this system is used by all other manufacturers. The same year and for the first time in Europe SOLE S.A. installs a central solar water heating system in a large hotel.
- 1979: SOLE S.A. installs a solar central heating system covering 90% of the demand of the building for the first time in Greece.
- 1983: SOLE S.A. presents the revolutionary (at that time) model “JUNIOR” with an integrated collector and boiler satisfying even the most demanding aesthetic requirements.
- 1986: SOLE S.A. creates the “LECTRON PL-1” electronic thermometer. This thermometer indicates the temperature of the water in the solar system on a display panel inside the house.
- 1993: 10 years later, the “JUNIOR” model is re-developed & renamed “ALPHA” which wins a competition held by the Ministry of Industry.
- 1994: SOLE S.A. expands internationally and exports its products to countries like Spain, Germany, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Korea, Malaysia, Italy, France and many more.
- 1996: SOLE S.A. produces the “EUROSTAR” thermosyphon type solar water heater.
- 1999: 25 years at the top of consumer’s preference. The solar systems of SOLE are chosen in all large and major solar energy projects in Greece (Olympic Stadium 1981, Peace & Friendship Stadium 1992). The spread is not limited by the borders of our country. SOLE with its products is present in 18 countries exporting in Europe, North Africa, Middle East and South America. - The applications of solar energy from SOLE start from a simple home and extend to hotels, sports centres, industrial plants, etc. In 1999 SOLE SA completes international innovative projects of 'Solar air conditioning heating and cooling' with solar collectors, Climasol, with selective surface.
- 2000: SOLE S.A. continues to execute among others, 2 more projects in Crete for Solar Air Conditioning.
- 2001-
- 2004: SOLE S.A. keeps expanding its products sales to continuously more and more countries around the world.
- 2005: SOLE S.A. develops a new ‘universal’ support frame for its thermosyphon systems that can be applied to both flat and tile roofs.
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- 2008: SOLE S.A. from this year on exports 70% of its products in 35 countries while maintaining its leadership in the Greek market.
- 2008: SOLE S.A. delivers another big project in Hungary for solar air conditioning in a supermarket.
- 2009: SOLE S.A. conquers the skies by supplying the solar system to the highest building in the world (BURJ KHALIFA in DUBAI).
- 2010: Among several collective installations in large hotel complexes SOLE S.A. delivers in operation the solar system of Dubai Sports Complex one of the most advanced stadiums in the world.
- 2011: SOLE creates an innovative product, ‘’AIRSOL’’, solar air collector for room heating
- 2012- 2013: SOLE redesigns and recreates HELIOTHERMO, solar water heater, the most popular system in Greece. At the same time designs the corresponding product EUROSTAR –ECO for the markets outside Greece.
- 2015: SOLE develops a new technology of solar linear concentrating collectors for temperatures up to 400°C.