Idemitsu opens first US lab for space-grade CIGS solar cells at UCSB OASIS

• Idemitsu opened its first U.S. development lab for space-grade CIGS solar cells at UCSB’s OASIS facility.
• Site becomes the company’s U.S. hub for customer engagement, rapid prototyping, evaluation, reliability validation, technical analysis.
• Output from U.S. customer discussions feeds product development, mass-production technology work in Japan to speed commercialization.
• Japan bench manufacturing plant targets mass-production technology by 2027, with full-scale capacity to be assessed later.
• Move targets the U.S. space market, where satellite manufacturers are concentrated and demand signals are expected to be strongest.

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