Spire Corporation Appoints Edward Hurley as Solar Equipment Sales Manager; Mr. Hurley to Manage Major Customer Accounts

Business Wire, Sept 29, 2005

BEDFORD, Mass. -- Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR) announced today that it has expanded its photovoltaic module assembly equipment sales force with the addition of Edward Hurley as Photovoltaic Equipment Sales Manager. Mr. Hurley brings over 20 years of semiconductor capital equipment sales experience at General Scanning, Teradyne and PEI where he was responsible for selling and marketing laser scanning systems and test equipment to the electronics industry.

Roger G. Little, CEO of Spire Corporation, said, "Ed will be instrumental in supporting our key module manufacturing customers in their aggressive growth plans by providing cost effective equipment solutions for their manufacturing needs. Our continuing technical achievements and strong partnership with Japanese equipment builder Nisshinbo Industries allows us to offer the most advanced photovoltaic module manufacturing equipment. We are pleased to welcome Ed to Spire's solar operations."

About Spire Corporation

Spire Corporation is a diversified technology company providing innovative solar energy manufacturing equipment, biomedical devices and optoelectronic components, all based upon a common technology platform. For more information visit www.spirecorp.com.

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-KSB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.