Plextronics takes Applied Materials investment - and ULVAC plans CIGS announcement

The past few weeks have been busy for start-ups focused on developing enabling materials for the solar industry, showing that VCs continue to find materials advances as the key choke point in the industry. First, organic photovoltaic developer Plextronics picked up an undisclosed amount from Applied...

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