Germany-based OPV substrate manufacturer, Heliatek, has signed a business development agreement with Singapore-based vTrium Energy to grow its market in the region.
The organic PV producer is the first company to begin commercialisation of large-area OPV solar films and has taken over the mantle of the main producer of OPV substrates since the bankruptcy of US-based Konarka Technologies in 2012.
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The company has already established technology partners, such as AGC Glass Europe, and is currently ramping up its production for first reference and pilot projects, according to the company.
The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Lee Hsien Loong, prime minister of Singapore and Stanislaw Tillich, minister-president of the Free State of Saxony at the Federal Chancellery in Dresden.
