Update interview
27 Feb 2023

ASCA
ASCA produces flexible thin film organic photovoltaic modules, largely targeting building integrated/applied applications (BIPV/BAPV). At InnoLAE 2023, it outlined how using BIPV/BAPV to meet regulatory/planning requirements on new buildings substantially changes the business model compared to conventional PV. A wide range of ASCA's projects were also presented.
Update interview
21 Oct 2022

XO-NANO Smartfoam
XO-NANO Smartfoam specialises in additives for foams to give them new sensing or thermal properties. IDTechEx previously spoke to XO-NANO in November 2019. IDTechEx spoke to XO-NANO again in October 2022; since the previous interview XO-NANO has continued to develop its products, create some new applications, and expand the company.
Update
12 Sep 2022

Epishine
Epishine is a Swedish company founded in 2016. The company works on organic PV for indoor wireless electronics. Epishine just announced it has received SEK 25 million (US$2.3 million) from the European Union's LIFE fund.
Full profile interview
18 May 2022

Epishine
Epishine is a Swedish company founded in 2016. The company works on organic PV for indoor wireless electronics. Epishine has recently announced a licensing agreement with the ASCA division of Armor. This profile is based on an interview with the Co-founder and Vice President of Business Development at Epishine, Mattias Josephson.
External press release
29 Apr 2022

ASCA and Epishine Sign Their First Licensing Agreement for Printed OPV
Epishine is partnering with ASCA to strengthen and further develop the world-wide OPV market. ASCA recently acquired the most relevant intellectual property portfolio on printed OPV and the companies have signed a licensing agreement to share it beginning of April. The contract will enable the Swedish-based manufacturer Epishine to further improve its organic indoor light energy harvesting solar modules.
Full profile interview
16 Mar 2022

Titomic
Titomic are an Australian metal additive manufacturing company making cold spray printers using 'Titomic Kinetic Fusion' technology. IDTechEx spoke with non-executive director Dr. Andreas Schwer at Formnext 2021.
Full profile interview
8 Mar 2022

Synbiosys
Synbiosys is a start-up based in London, UK that is developing a deep learning-based software for the validation of 3D-printed components. IDTechEx spoke with CEO Jose Videira.
3 Mar 2022

New Super Material Could Battle Bullets, Deflect Space Debris
Engineers have created a nanofiber material that outperforms its widely used counterparts — including steel plates and Kevlar fabric — in protecting against high-speed projectile impacts. Basically, it's better than bulletproof.
3 Jan 2022

Self Healing Perovskite Solar Cell
These solar cells have shown amazing humidity stability and self-healing behavior after 500 hours of operation, according to the researchers.
Update
10 Nov 2021

ARMOR (ASCA)
ASCA is a division of French company ARMOR that is developing organic photovoltaic panels. It recently announced a collaboration with nano-C to supply electron acceptor materials made from organic semiconductors.
External press release
14 Jul 2021

Solar Panels of the Future; Technology and Aesthetics Combined
Marjan van Aubel Studio signed the colourful solar- paneled roof of the Netherlands pavilion. The skylights are made out of lightweight ASCA organic transparent solar cells (OPV), that are 100% recoverable and of non-toxic materials. By combining technology, aesthetics and sustainable materials, the studio has created the solar panels of the future.
21 Jun 2021

Printed Electronics for Fashionable Wearables
Look around at any of the major fashion brands, and you start to see a pattern: there is not much there in the way of design-oriented, pro-science thinking. Those worlds have, unfortunately, remained separate for the most part. The general message that society is sending could not be any clearer: you can be beautiful, you can be smart, but you cannot be both.
26 May 2021

Fabric has Potential Cooling Effect for Smartwatch Wearers
As smartwatches become more powerful, they will generate more heat. To prevent burns or rashes, what if a material touching the skin could feel as cool as metal, but also be flexible enough to be worn on the wrist?