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KROENERT’s experts provide tips and tricks to customers that are intended to make their daily work more efficient. (photo: KROENERT)

KROENERT expands its service portfolio and introduces training sessions open to all customers


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KROENERT GmbH & Co KG (Hamburg, Germany), a leader in the manufacture of customised coating and laminating systems, has expanded its service portfolio and conducted its first open training session for customers. The training sessions, each of which focuses on a single topic, are held at the KROENERT premises. They are designed for all customers who use KROENERT systems and are interested in expanding their knowledge to increase productivity and the competitive advantage of their production plant.

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Solliance has further advanced power conversion efficiency for flexible solar cells (photo: Solliance)

Solliance tops 21.5% efficiency with flexible perovskite-CIGS tandem


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Scientists at Solliance (Eindhoven, The Netherlands), in collaboration with MiaSole Hi-Tech Corp., fabricated a flexible solar cell with a record breaking power conversion efficiency of 21.5%. The solar cell combines two thin-film solar cell technologies into a 4 terminal tandem solar cell stack: a top flexible semi-transparent perovskite solar cell with a bottom flexible copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) cell.

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From left to right: Frederik Klöckner (technology manager, KEX Knowledge Exchange AG), Dr Daniel Lenssen (director business development, Papierfabrik Louisenthal GmbH), Gabriele Nau (senior market manager consumer goods & electronics, Lohmann Group), Dr C

Consortium of 16 companies under the direction of KEX Knowledge Exchange AG develops prototype of new heating


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Companies are regularly faced with the challenge of understanding and evaluating the influence of new technologies and trends on their business and of initiating corresponding innovation processes. In order to successfully implement innovations, expertise in different and new fields of technology is necessary. Existing networks are mostly not sufficient for this – there is a dearth of novel ideas. The methodology of KEX Knowledge Exchange AG (Aachen, Germany) breaks this down: In consortium projects new companies from different industries come together to jointly tap the potential of technological hypes.

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Ynvisible and Fraunhofer want to further advance the field of electrochromic inks (photo: Ynvisible)

Ynvisible and Fraunhofer sign electrochromics co-operation agreement


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Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Europe’s largest institution for applied research, and Ynvisible Interactive Inc. (Vancouver, Canada) signed a MoU in the field of electrochromic inks and devices.

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A flexible solar panel from Midsummer (photo: Midsummer AB)

Solar energy company Midsummer receives major order


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The solar technology company Midsummer (Stockholm Sweden), recently received  an order from US solar panel manufacturer Sunflare worth over US$7M for production equipment of thin film solar cells. The production equipment will be delivered to a new factory in China.

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