BEDFORD, MA — October 7, 2009 — Spire Corporation, (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules and systems worldwide, announced that its Chairman and CEO, Roger G. Little, will partake in a satellite/internet broadcast today, October 7, 2009, from 12:00 to 3:00pm (EDT).

The broadcast, sponsored by the National Institute of Corrections and in conjunction with the National Correctional Industries Association, is titled Innovative Reentry Strategies: The Emerging Role of Correctional Industries. This program will focus on presenting collaborative strategies for correctional growth, including the alliance between UNICOR – Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR) and Spire Solar.

Mr. Little will discuss UNICOR’s PV factory operations during his segment of the broadcast. His discussion will highlight the factory’s jobs creation as well as the skills developed by photovoltaic module manufacturing workers, which are highly sought after in the growing sector of “green collar” jobs.

Mr. Little will also shed light as to how the bond between UNICOR and Spire Solar initiated, the future of the Solar Industry, and why the “Land of Opportunity” is becoming the “Land of Renewable Opportunity.”

To register and watch this broadcast live or to view it after the event takes place, visit:
http://www.spirecorp.com/spire-solar/in-the-news/index.php.

About Spire Corporation
Spire Corporation is a global solar company providing turnkey production lines and capital equipment to manufacture PV modules and systems worldwide. Spire Semiconductor provides processing technology for Spire’s silicon solar cell manufacturing lines and produces and sells custom gallium arsenide cells for solar concentrator systems. For corporate or product information, contact Spire Corporation, “The Turnkey Solar Factory Company,” at 781-275-6000, or visit www.spirecorp.com.

Contact:
Roger G. Little
Chairman & CEO
781.275.6000

Certain matters described in this news release may be forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk of dependence on market growth, competition and dependence on government agencies and other third parties for funding contract research and services, as well as other factors described in the Company's Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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