CORPORATE FACT SHEET
FOURTH QUARTER 2012
BUSINESS PROFILE
Advanced Energy (AE) provides industry-leading companies worldwide
with power conversion products that enable innovation in thin-film
manufacturing and solar energy markets. AE is a leader in global hightechnology applications critical to the semiconductor, solar, glass, flat
panel display and industrial coatings markets.
Founded in 1981, Advanced Energy has worldwide customers who
depend on us for highly reliable products and services that maximize
operational efficiency and drive competitive advantage. We’re unique
in our ability to deliver on this expectation across industries because
we bring a broad portfolio, robust global infrastructure, decades of
technology leadership and a track record of outstanding service to
each new business challenge and customer engagement.
AE Thin Films offers market-leading power conversion and control
systems that address critical manufacturing applications across diverse
high-technology markets, including semiconductor, solar, glass and
flat panel display. Our broad RF and DC power portfolio enables our
global customers to continue to innovate to address next-generation
processing needs while leveraging our global service offerings for
maximum uptime and throughput.
AE Solar Energy delivers highly reliable inverters, complementary
BoS products and robust O&M services that allow our customers
to secure more solar projects and grow their business. We enable
utility-scale, commercial and residential solar project stakeholders
to offer system owners a lower Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and
confidence their PV system will deliver on long-term production goals.
Quality and environmental stewardship are core values. AE’s commitment to customer satisfaction, product performance and
continuous improvement is embodied by ISO 9001:2008 certification at locations worldwide. Environmental stewardship is
integrated into new product design and technology development and managed throughout our business operations.
CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Founded:t1981
Headquarters:t
Fort Collins, CO USA
Employees:t
1,471 (December 31, 2011)
Q3 2012 Revenue:t $117.5 million USD
FY 2011 Revenue:t $516.8 million USD
Global Services
Flat Panel Display
Data Storage
and Industrial
Thin-Film Renewables
Full Year 2011 Revenue
6%
10%
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36%
Solar Energy
800.446.9167 (US only)
+1.970.221.0108 (US and International)
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+1.970.407.6550 (US and International)
120
Millions ($)
AE Thin Films is a consistent market leader with >40% average
market share over the last ten years for power systems across key
thin-film manufacturing markets. AE Solar Energy maintained
our #1 market share in Americas 3-phase inverters in 2011, while
increasing worldwide inverter market ranking from #8 to #4 in Q3
2012, as we implemented our sustainable growth strategy across
utility, commercial and residential product lines.
Quarterly Revenue Trend
140
Internet:twww.advanced-energy.com
MARKET LEADER IN KEY MARKETS
Semiconductor
12%
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28%
8%
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60
40
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Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012
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Thin Films