NanoGram Corporation, a leading developer and licensor of advanced
products and solutions for optical, electronic and energy applications,
today announced that it has selected OTB as one of its contributing
partners in building out the company’s solar
pilot plant currently under construction in Milpitas, CA.
NanoGram will use the facility to scale-up their award-winning SilFoil™
technology for solar modules that will deliver the product performance
and reliability of wafer-based crystalline silicon modules at prices
competitive with thin film modules. Comprised of a set of proprietary
processes, the SilFoil technology has as one of its cornerstones NanoGram’s
laser reactive deposition (LRDTM) process. The
US Department of Energy recently recognized NanoGram’s
photovoltaic approach with an Energy Innovator Award.
OTB has a proven track record for helping Fortune 100 companies build
lines in the solar, electronics and industrial arenas by providing
production equipment and technologies that enable manufacturers to
expand their businesses while realizing efficiencies and cost
reductions. The announcement of this partnership is the culmination of
months of collaboration to design and specify key portions of the
NanoGram facility.
“By partnering with OTB we are integrating the
expertise and proprietary technology of two companies working to speed
the time-to-market of NanoGram’s SilFoil
technology,” said Dr Kieran Drain, president
and CEO of NanoGram Corporation. “OTB is
helping us to deliver affordable, highly efficient, and reliable
photovoltaic modules to the renewable energy market.”
“NanoGram’s
technology can revolutionize the solar industry with a new generation of
solar cells that increases efficiency and productivity and reduces costs,”
said Dr Paul Breddels, CEO of OTB Group. “OTB
has the process engineering know how as well as proprietary inkjet
printing and laser technologies to build the equipment that effectively
produces this next generation solar cell with higher efficiency at lower
costs. This partnership represents a great opportunity to take solar
cell production to the next level.”
The NanoGram solar pilot plant is expected to be commissioned in Q2 2009.
About NanoGram
NanoGram Corporation (Milpitas, CA, USA) is a pioneer and leading
Cleantech solutions provider that enables customers and partners to
realize product and system performance previously thought impossible.
