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

Midsummer proves minimal carbon footprint of its thin film solar cell production process

Tuesday 11 December 2018
Companies / Markets

A new study commissioned by the solar energy technology leader Midsummer (Stockholm, Sweden) shows that the company’s proprietary flexible CIGS thin film solar module manufacturing process is much more environmentally friendly than other solar module production processes like e.g. for silicon modules.

Esko Kauppinen with the UNESCO Nanosciences Medal (photo: Aalto University)

Canatu founder receives UNESCO Nanosciences Medal, while his company wins Gold in the German Design Awards 2019

Monday 03 December 2018
Companies / Markets

On 22 November, Prof Esko Kauppinen, founder of the Finnish Company Canatu, was honoured with the UNESCO Nanosciences Medal. All of the awardees are established leaders in their fields, and Esko Kauppinen is the first Finn to receive the medal. The award was presented to Kauppinen in recognition of his significant contributions to the development of nanosciences and nanotechnologies.

VTT wants to reinforce the international competitiveness of Finnish electronics companies (photo: VTT)

VTT speeds up the Finnish electronics industry ecosystem

Monday 26 November 2018
Companies / Markets

The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has launched an electronics sector innovation ecosystem aimed at creating a permanent collaboration model to reinforce the international competitiveness of Finnish electronics industry companies.

Successful first on-site experiments (photo: CERADROP)

Tampere University of Technology targets new printed intelligence applications with CeraPrinter F-Serie by CERADROP

Friday 23 November 2018
Companies / Markets

CERADROP, an MGI Group company based in Limoges, France, expands its horizon and welcomes its new customer and partner – The Tampere University of Technology. TUT is located in Tampere, Finland, the Nordic countries’ largest inland city, and conducts research in the fields of technology and architecture.

The University of Twente has a high reputation in nano-materials (photo: Solliance)

University of Twente and Solliance start collaboration

Friday 09 November 2018
Companies / Markets

The University of Twente (The Netherlands) and Solliance Solar Research have started a long term collaboration, which focusses on the integration of thin film solar technology in building materials and flexible applications, and on further development and analyses of perovskite based solar cells. The University of Twente has joined all three shared research programmes at Solliance Solar Research as a partner.