Update November 30, 2009: ISET’s website is undergoing extensive reconstruction. Check back soon to view the latest updates and information regarding ISET’s commercialization of its patented low-cost approach for printed CIGS modules.

Recent Headlines

• New Release, August 1, 2007                                             
• ISET is in preparation for moving to their new 23000 sq/ft. Manufacturing Facility in Chatsworth, CA. Their new address will be 20600 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA  91311.
• News Release, March 15, 2007
• ISET Hires Vice President of Manufacturing

ISET is pleased to announce that Mr. Richard T. Kemmerle has joined ISET as Vice President of Manufacturing. Prior to joining ISET, Mr. Kemmerle held senior positions at Silicon Systems and Fairchild Semiconductor in the areas of manufacturing, product and process development and Quality Assurance. Most recently, from 1996 to 2006, Mr. Kemmerle was Vice President of Operations for HOLT Integrated circuits where his responsibilities included all manufacturing operations, Quality Assurance, production planning, financial analysis, package development, and supplier chain management of domestic and international wafer foundry and package assembly. Mr. Kemmerle currently is assisting in the design and development of ISET’s pilot plant for manufacturing thin film CIGS solar cells and will manage and operate the plant upon it completion (Currently expected to be in 2009).

• May 2006 Presentation: "CIGS/CIS Photovoltaic Technology" at the Advanced Solar Energy Solutions for the Warfighter Workshop in Panama City Beach, Florida.
• Nov 2005 Presentation: "Progress Towards Large Scale Fabrication of CIGS Solar Cells Using Nanoparticle Ink Based Technology" at the NREL Solar Review Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
• July 2005 ISET is awarded an MDA SBIR Phase II contract for Thin Film CIGS photovoltaic arrays for High Altitude Airships (HAA) on lightweight and flexible ceramic substrates.

News Archives

• Nov 2004 Dr. Kapur speaks on commercialization efforts for CIGS technology at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. For further information, see the announcement.
• Sep 2004 ISET has relocated its labs to a larger facility north of Los Angeles in Chatsworth, California. 
• June 2004 ISET is awarded an MDA SBIR Phase I contract for Thin Film CIGS photovoltaic arrays for High Altitude Airships (HAA) on lightweight and flexible ceramic substrates.
• Feb 2004 ISET is awarded an enhancement to the existing Air Force SBIR contract which nearly doubles the existing funding.
• Sep 2003 ISET was rated "excellent in all areas" in the 2003 Peer Review of the Department of Energy Photovoltaic Subprogram. (read more) ****
• May 2003 ISET signs an Air Force SBIR Phase II contract for developing high efficiency solar cells on flexible polymer substrates.
• Dec 2002 ISET was awarded SBIR Phase II funding by Air Force Research Labs to develop low cost CIGS solar cells on polymer substrates
• Nov 2002 Goodbye Capt Joel Freyenhagen, six-week visiting scholar from the Air Force Institute of Technology
• Jul 2002 ISET was awarded an SBIR Phase I contract by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop non-vacuum methods for depositing front and back contacts for making CIGS solar cells.
• Oct 2002 ISET received $439,644 from DOE's Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to develop a low-cost non-vacuum deposition technique for the fabrication of high efficiency CIS type devices.
• 1998-2001 ATP Project Brief. ISET's Novel Process for High Efficiency Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide (CIGS) Photovoltaic Modules.  (Read more)

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