The company's managing board is anticipating a difficult fiscal year 2015. It confirmed the upper end of a sales forecast of €790m ($893m) as well as a loss of up to €115m for 2014 – and a further but as yet unquantified loss this year.

"We expect to see high price pressure on the global photovoltaic market still in the coming years and a further decline in demand in Europe, particularly in Germany.