Worthen Industries has officially welcomed DSM Advanced Solar aboard, having successfully completed its acquisition announced on 11 March this year.
As a result, Endurans™ Solar has been born: a new global entity stretching across three continents, combining the long-established technological, co-extrusion and production know-how of Worthen Industries with the solar materials expertise and polymer science heritage of DSM.
Endurans™ Solar now becomes the market leader in co-extruded backsheets – with a portfolio that includes the fully recyclable Endurans™ backsheet (formerly known as DSM Endurance backsheet, and including the acclaimed, all-purpose D15 model launched last year); and the market-leading Endurans™ conductive backsheet, which delivers the performance required for the fast-growing market in back-contact PV modules.
This new business will now focus on continued investment in new solar innovations that meet the evolving commercial needs of its customers; while also delivering on Worthen Industries’ long-standing commitment to a more sustainable world.
“We are hugely excited to begin this new chapter in our collective history, “said President of Endurans™ Solar, Nathan Arbitman, an industry veteran who previously served as Global Business Manager and Strategy & Innovation Director for DSM Advanced Solar. “By combining the strengths and capabilities of these two teams we are now extremely well-equipped for faster, more sustainable growth.”
Endurans™ Solar has a truly global footprint with sales, development and production teams in China, India, Belgium, Netherlands and the USA – and an established international customer base. The new company remains fully committed to serving all existing DSM Advanced Solar customers.
The name Endurans™ was chosen for specific reasons. Firstly, it relates strongly to ‘Endurance,’ the well-established product name used for DSM’s co-extruded, sustainable backsheets. But the name also speaks directly to the properties of the portfolio and the new company itself. Both are built to last, and here to stay – for customers and the long-term benefit of the planet.
