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July 2011   

AccuStrata Signs Major Contract to Drive Performance Improvements for Solar Cell Manufacturer in India
PR Newswire

AccuStrata expands into Asia

COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AccuStrata Inc., an award-winning company at University of Maryland Research Park, signed a key contract to improve performance and yields for a large crystalline silicon solar cell manufacturer in India, company officials announce today.

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October 2010   

AccuStrata obtains US$432,000 grant for TF Auto-Pilot program
PVTECH

SBIR supports AccuStrata's technology to manufacture thin file solar panels more efficiently

AccuStrata recently received its sixth grant in an eighteen month period for its real-time process control system, TF Auto-Pilot. The company is developing the TF-Auto Pilot to discover manufacturing flaws in solar panels thereby permitting manufacturers to correct the panel and bring it back to its targeted specification.

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March 2010   

AccuStrata Inc. Receives $70,000 EPA Grant
PR Newswire

SBIR Supports Company's Technology to Make Solar Panel Manufacturing More Efficient

AccuStrata Inc., a company in the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute's Technology Advancement Program incubator developing intelligent, real-time optical control systems that improve the manufacturing yield and efficiency of thin-film solar panels, has been awarded a $70,000, phase-one Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, university officials announce today.

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December 31, 2009   

College Park company incubates new solutions in solar technology:
Award-winning AccuStrata receives more stimulus funding for its work
Gazette.Net

As the solar energy industry enters the new decade, a College Park company looks to revolutionize one of the emerging technologies.

AccuStrata, a member of the Technology Advancement Program at the University of Maryland, is developing a system for optical monitoring of the process used to manufacture thin-film solar panels, which are more flexible and less costly than their crystalline silicon alternates…

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December 15, 2009   

AccuStrata Inc. Receives Third Set of Stimulus Funding: Grant Supports Company's Technology to Make Solar Panel Manufacturing More Efficient
Mtech Press Release

The biggest problem with solar panels is they cost too much for the power they generate. AccuStrata Inc. is developing a technology that could change that.

The company, based in the University of Maryland's Technology Advancement Program incubator, just won a $150,000, phase-one Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research grant, its third in six months. AccuStrata will use the grant to refine its field-tested, patent-protected system for monitoring the effectiveness of thin-film solar panel production in real time, enabling manufacturers to make on-the-fly adjustments and ensure panels' efficiency…

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November/December 2009   

Intelligent optical control for manufacturing of large size thin film solar panels
Energética India-International Energy Generation Magazine

Significant improvement and technology innovation is required to both increase conversion efficiency and reduce the manufacturing costs of the thin film solar panels. This is the challenge that led to the development of the intelligent optical control system, described here.

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June 24, 2009   

AccuStrata: Fixing a Gaping Hole in PV Manufacturing
Greentechmedia.com

Whether we're talking CIGS, CdTe, or a-Si - thin-film solar is a relatively new technology and as a young industry, there are still gaps in its complex manufacturing process.

"In-situ monitoring capability is truly a gaping hole in PV manufacturing," said a colleague at a stealthy CIGS firm. AccuStrata, a small startup at the University of Maryland business incubator in College Park, Md. is looking to change this...

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June 11, 2009   

AccuStrata wins $150,000 in federal stimulus funds
Washington Business Journal

A College Park solar technology startup is receiving $150,000 in federal stimulus funds as part of an effort to push forward more mainstream use of solar photovoltaic products. AccuStrata Inc., which is housed in the University of Maryland's Technology Advancement Program incubator, is receiving the Department of Energy funds for a one-year time frame to test...

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June 01, 2009   

AccuStrata Management on Maryland Clean Energy Today Radio
Maryland Clean Energy Today Radio

AccuStrata is a startup company poised to make a big impact on the solar panel manufacturing industry. Join us as we talk with two of the company's executives about their exciting technology and how it will change the economics of solar power.

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For the year 2008   

Best New Incubator Company - AccuStrata, Inc.

Located in the Technology Advancement Program, at the University of Maryland, College Park, AccuStrata provides solutions for managing yield, lowering cost and saving energy in the mass production of new generation film products.

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