A team with great experience

S-Solar AB is a privately held Swedish high tech company with manufacturing base and headquarters in Sweden, and with customers in multiple countries. S-Solar has more than 30 years of experience in developing and manufacturing high performance thin film nano coatings, absorbers, and heat exchangers. S-Solar is using advanced sputtering and slot-die technology and is operating according to the lean production standards.

Mission

To become a leading provider of multipurpose Sol-gel thin films and offer new innovative coatings and products to core and new customers”.

New disruptive materials, Sol-gel, create an opportunity for S-Solar and its customers to gain competitive advantage and profitable growth

MANAGEMENT

  • Klas Ståhl

    CEO and Chairman of the Board

    Since 2007, Klas has been the key owner and CMD of S-Solar. He is active on several boards and is an advisor to the European and global solar industry and associations. (mer …)

  • Koroush Lashgari

    Lead R&D

    Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Chemistry, Stockholm University.

    Mr Lashgari has during the last 15 years worked in R&D in industrial and academic projects in the field of ceramics and metals. (mer …)

  • Peter Johansson

    General Manager, COO

    Peter, now the general manager and site manager of S-Solar with subsidiaries, has held several management positions within the aluminium and coating industry. His area of competency and experiences ranges from domestic and international sales, purchasing, logistics, production and production technology to general and operational management. (mer …)

ACTIVE PARTNER

  • Gunnar Westin

    Advisor and active partner

    Professor Gunnar Westin (Ph.D. 1995, Docent 1998) pioneered the sol-gel processing in Sweden during the late 80:s at Stockholm University, and moved his group to Uppsala University in the year 2000.

    (mer …)

  • Lars Österlund

    Advisor and active partner

    Professor at Div. Solid state physics, Dept. Engineering Sciences, The Ångström Laboratory

    (mer …)

BOARD

  • Klas Ståhl

    CEO and Chairman of the Board

    Since 2007, Klas has been the key owner and CMD of S-Solar. He is active on several boards and is an advisor to the European and global solar industry and associations. (mer …)

  • David Royds

    Board member and owner

    David jointly founded the Matrix Group, a UK based financial services group of businesses. These include Property, Asset Management, Investment Banking and Specialized Finance.  The property division is a leading acquirer of new build commercial property in the UK.  He has also held a number of directorships in companies like VCTs, investment brokers and real estate development business.

  • Rupert Lywood

    Board Member and owner

    Rupert is a chartered accountant and an experienced investor. He is the founder of numerous businesses in a broad spectrum of activities, and has a broad experience from IPO processes. Rupert has spent the last 25 years founding and building businesses in the medical, energy, information, finance, and media sectors – including co-founding and chairing a multi-billion Euro trans-European energy business which he sold 2007. (mer …)

ADVISORY TEAM

  • Peter Gossas

    Advisor

    Peter has held a number of management and board positions in world leading metal industry companies; (mer …)

  • Ulf Tonelid

    Owner and advisor

    Ulf worked at S-Solar as the CFO in 2008-2013 and joined from Nasdaq/OMX where he held the position as VP Business Control within the Market Technology division, responsible for the worldwide financial follow up of the Technology business within Nasdaq/OMX. (mer …)

  • Peter Löfgren

    Owner and advisor

    Mr. Lofgren is President and founder of the Loffgren Group mainly focused on corporate advisory, consulting, market development and restructuring of companies. (mer …)

  • Ola Thoren

    Advisor

    Ola Thoren, today COO Ikea factories in the US; has been the Operations Director and COO within S-Solar 2009-2012 (mer …)