EXHIBIT 99.1
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SPIRE CORPORATION NEWS RELEASE

              Spire and Gloria Solar Establish PV Systems Business

     Spire will also provide Gloria Solar, Taiwan, with an additional
50-megawatt module assembly line.

BEDFORD, Mass. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- August 6, 2007 -- Spire Corporation
(Nasdaq: SPIR) announced today that it has finalized with Gloria Solar Co., Ltd.
(Gloria Solar), of Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China, an affiliate of E-TON
Solar Tech Co., Ltd., a joint venture (Joint Venture) to address the domestic
solar photovoltaic (PV) systems market. The Joint Venture's business will be
named Gloria Spire Solar, LLC, and it will headquarter its operations in
Bedford, Massachusetts.

Gloria Spire Solar will conduct business as a PV Systems integrator within the
United States, designing, marketing, selling, and managing installations of
solar PV systems, with particular focus on the commercial/industrial and utility
markets. Along with the establishment of this PV Systems venture, Gloria Solar
purchased from Spire Corporation its existing building integrated PV module
manufacturing facility, which will be operated by the Joint Venture in Bedford.
Additionally, another 50MW Spire module manufacturing facility was ordered by
Gloria Solar for its existing operations in Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China,
this additional capacity will also be available to support the Joint Venture.
Mr. Mark Goodreau, who has been managing Spire's existing systems integration
business, will lead the collaboration as its first Chief Executive Officer.

Roger G. Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire Corporation, said, "We are excited to
form this Joint Venture with Gloria Solar and expand our position in the PV
systems business. The collaboration brings together the Spire experience and
pedigree of over 1.5MW of commercial/industrial solar PV installations of all
sorts, and the Gloria financial and PV material supply resources, which will
enable the Joint Venture to become a major player in the U.S. marketplace."

George Hsu, Chief Operating Officer of Gloria Solar, said, "We will have 20MW of
module manufacturing capacity, including a production line in the United States
with UL and IEC certification from this collaboration. By working with Spire, we
achieve a win-win situation in the blooming PV market in the United States. We
will continue to expand with an additional 75MW of module manufacturing
equipment from Spire in coming quarters, to become a leading PV player in the
world."

About Spire Corporation
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Spire Corporation provides products and services to the solar energy, biomedical
and optoelectronics industries worldwide operating with three entities: Spire
Solar, Spire Biomedical and Bandwidth Semiconductor. For more information visit
www.spirecorp.com.

About Gloria Solar Co., Ltd.

Gloria Solar Ltd. is a leading manufacturer in Taiwan, producing high quality
solar products including specialty panels for automobile applications, building
integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) modules and standard PV modules. Through its
Joint Venture with Spire Corporation, Gloria completed vertical integration from
ingots, wafers, module production, to system installation. For more information
visit www.gloriasolar.com.tw.

Contact: Spire Corporation
         Rodger W. LaFavre, 781-275-6000
         Chief Operating Officer

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