John J. McCaffrey

Evergreen Solar, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets solar power products. The company manufactures multi-crystalline silicon wafers utilizing, its String Ribbon proprietary wafer technology. It sells solar panels using domestic and international distributors, system integrators, project developers and other resellers, who often add value through system design by incorporating solar panels with inverters and other electronics, mounting structures, and wiring systems. The company markets its products through trade shows, on-going distribution partner communications, promotional material, website, direct mail, and advertising. Its products are sold to customers primarily in Europe. Evergreen Solar was in August 1994 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

DayStar Technologies, Inc. is a development stage enterprise. It develops a proprietary thin film deposition technology for solar photovoltaic products, utilizes a proprietary one step sputter deposition process and has manufactured a commercial scale deposition tool to apply efficiency copper indium gallium diselenide material over large area glass substrates in a continuous fashion. The company was founded in February 1997 and is headquartered in Kelowna, Canada.

BTU International, Inc. provides thermal processing equipment and processes to the electronics manufacturing and alternative energy markets. Its products include Pyramax ZeroTurn, Meridian, SinTerra, Energy Pilot and RecipePro. The firm provides equipment that is used for coating operations produced by the company or purchased from a third party. BTU International was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.