The Soltherm Initiative is focussing on boosting the sales of solar water heating systems (SWH's) throughout Europe. This means it is of interest for the suppliers of solar water heating systems to become partner of Soltherm.

Five good reasons to join Soltherm:

· Soltherm directly aims to bring about a strong increase of sales of solar heating products in Europe

· Soltherm builds and promotes a European harmonised quality structure based on the European Standards and the Solar Keymark - one set of requirements all over Europe

· Thus, Soltherm will lower the boundaries for export and help create a truly European market

· Soltherm integrates SWH in existing sales/distribution channels

· Join the network that unites key market players

The results of the Soltherm Europe Initiative should form the basis for a growth of the Solar Thermal market towards 100 million m2 of collector area in 2010, the EU White paper target for solar thermal applications. Soltherm organises campaigns with the idea that an increased awareness of the possibilities of solar applications with the consumers will trigger the demand. A crucial link in the market development is to give interested customers good information and to guide them to trained and motivated sales and installation organisations, Soltherm affiliates. Suppliers who are Soltherm members will thus profit from the efforts it makes. Lessons learned from European market analyses combined with knowledge of the sales and distribution channels will be useful in expanding the market to other countries, with an added value to your competitive position. Another effort of Soltherm is the realisation of a European harmonised quality structure, which means that a standard of high quality solar water heating systems is being developed to guarantee customer satisfaction and simple guidelines. When you join the Soltherm Initiative you'll be part off an exclusive network of key market players united to boost the demand for Solar Water Heaters