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AtmoTrack: Finalist of the ASCA® Challenge 2020 –…

11 February 2021

The ASCA® Challenge 2020 – Internet of Things (IoT) held by ARMOR solar power films (ARMOR group) ended with an awards ceremony on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. The objective of the competition was to identify the contestant who could find an innovative solution to replace batteries in IoT devices with ASCA® organic photovoltaic (OPV) film, an energy-harvesting technology. The finalist, AtmoTrack, was awarded business strategy coaching and marketing advice, along with guidance and supervision from ARMOR solar power films’ experts on the development and implementation of the finalized prototype, amongst a variety of other prizes.

Record: 26% efficiency in a low-light environment for…

19 October 2020

ARMOR solar power films (ARMOR group) announces that in October, it achieved a record 26% efficiency in a low-light environment for the ASCA® organic photovoltaic (OPV) cell. With estimates placing the number of connected objects worldwide at 75 billion by 20251, this performance level has been posted in a context of high growth in the IoT sector, opening up multiple market opportunities.

ARMOR solar power films and Raynergy Tek intensify…

16 July 2020

ARMOR solar power films, the industrial leader in manufacturing organic photovoltaics (OPV) – located in France and Germany – and Taiwanese Raynergy Tek Inc., a fine chemical company specialized in organic semiconductor materials for organic photovoltaics and photodetectors, announce that they have started to intensify their cooperation.

OPVIUS becomes ARMOR solar power films

01 July 2020

Following the acquisition of OPVIUS GmbH by the French industrial manufacturer ARMOR in the fall of 2019, the German expert in organic photovoltaics is now becoming ARMOR solar power films GmbH. This name change highlights the final step of a several months-long process of gradual integration.

ARMOR consolidates investments in photovoltaics

15 June 2020

In a context of expansion of solar installations in multiple sectors, having already invested nearly €100m since the launch of its photovoltaics business more than a decade ago, ARMOR is continuing its development program: R&D, partnerships and certifications are the main areas of focus in 2020.

Electric car: new retractable solar cover with an…

30 April 2020

The manufacturing company ARMOR announced its partnership with ACPV, a project sponsor focusing on renewable energies. Together, they have designed a retractable solar car cover. The first prototype has been deployed on the Gazelle electric car and may be duplicated on any type of electric vehicle. The cover incorporates modules of the ASCA® organic photovoltaic film used to partly charge the car’s battery.

ARMOR industrializes free-form photovoltaics

24 April 2020

In early April, ARMOR announced that it has produced free-form photovoltaics, merging for the first time its fields of complementary expertise, namely full-width modules coating, by the team based in La Chevrolière in France, and their finishing to obtain free-form modules, by the German team which is based in Kitzingen and Nuremberg.

ENGIE is installing innovative ASCA® (ARMOR) solar films…

09 March 2020

As part of the European project mySMARTLife funded by the European research and innovation program Horizon 2020, ENGIE is setting up a pilot photovoltaic installation at the Nantes Cité des Congrès conference center. This world first, which went into operation on March 1st, 2020, involves fitting ASCA® organic photovoltaic films (OPV) made by the ARMOR company onto an existing building’s sunscreens, with no reinforcements to the existing structure.

KAUST and ARMOR collaborate on next gen solar…

15 January 2020

Installation of the new solar street furniture on KAUST campus in Saudi Arabia has been completed. This latest generation of connected, modular urban furniture provides an autonomous source of renewable solar energy. The project features the application of KAUST’s pioneering research in the area of photovoltaics while enabling ARMOR to reinforce its growing presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region