ASM vs Solplanet - solar panel manufacturer comparison
ASM has the broader catalog (1 vs 0 models).
Both catalogues are read from the manufacturers' own datasheets. A brand is not scored against the market here, only against the other brand on this page.
The two companies
Australian Solar Manufacturing (ASM) is a small Australian solar panel assembler that produces crystalline monocrystalline modules domestically using components sourced from Germany, Japan, the USA, and China. The company focuses on providing locally assembled PV modules tailored to Australian conditions, supporting...
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- Hallam, Victoria, Australia
- Employees
- 1-10
Solplanet, a brand of AISWEI, manufactures user-friendly and reliable solar inverters, EV chargers and monitoring solutions. AISWEI, formerly SMA's Chinese subsidiary, has been manufacturing high-quality products since 2007. The company is driven by the idea of 'solar for everybody', making solar energy accessible...
- Founded
- 2007
- Headquarters
- Shanghai, China
- Annual capacity
- 10 GW/year
- Employees
- 127
Catalogue against catalogue
An average over a catalogue describes the range a manufacturer publishes, not the module you would buy. A brand with two flagship panels and eighty older ones averages worse than one that has retired its back catalogue.
What each of them builds
The flagships
Written summary
ASM is most commonly encountered as an Australian solar installation and services brand rather than as an independent panel manufacturer with a documented factory, rated gigawatt output, or BloombergNEF Tier 1 classification. No credible industry sources - PV Magazine, PV Tech, BloombergNEF, or Wood Mackenzie - returned records of ASM as a vertically integrated module producer with confirmed production capacity, so the scale of any manufacturing operations it may run remains unclear from publicly available data.
Solplanet is the consumer-facing brand of AISWEI Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese company headquartered in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province and incorporated as an independent entity in April 2019 after separating from the SMA Group, whose Chinese subsidiary it had been since 2007. AISWEI's core business is power electronics - specifically solar inverters ranging from 1 kW to 80 kW, hybrid systems, battery storage units, and EV chargers - rather than photovoltaic modules. Frost and Sullivan ranked AISWEI third globally in residential energy storage and PV inverter shipments as of 2025, and the company reports cumulative inverter shipments exceeding 70 GW across more than 100 countries. It holds over 300 international certifications including IEC, CE, and VDE, and has branches in the Netherlands, Australia, and India.
For a buyer seeking solar panels specifically, neither brand resolves cleanly as a panel manufacturer based on available public evidence. Solplanet is a credible, mid-tier inverter and storage brand with verifiable institutional backing and a growing global footprint, making it a reasonable choice for balance-of-system components - but it should not be compared directly to dedicated module makers such as JinkoSolar, Trina, or LONGi. ASM's profile as a panel manufacturer cannot be substantiated from current industry sources, and buyers should request certifications and proof of bankability directly before committing to any ASM-branded module supply agreement.
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-30
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