Midsummer has received an order for its turnkey research machine for thin film solar cell deposition, the UNO. The client is International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), an Iberian international intergovernmental research organisation for cutting-edge research and development in nanotechnology. The INL is the only intergovernmental scientific research organisation in the world dedicated to nanotechnology, with 7,500 m2 of laboratory space.

The entity was founded by Portugal and Spain in 2008. The UNO machine INL ordered from Midsummer will be used for thin film device research, including but not limited to CIGS solar cells. It is expected to be delivered to INL later this year.

The order value is approx. EUR 1.46 million. Midsummer's research tool UNO has previously been sold to e.g. the University of New South Wales (UNSW) where it is used for a tandem solar cell project with the objective to produce a highly efficient and stable Si/CIGS tandem solar cell with already commercialized technologies.

Other research projects where Midsummer's versatile production equipment (UNO and DUO) is currently being used are a flexible tandem solar cell project with University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Hi-BITS and PERSEUS (both pan-European solar projects funded by EU Horizon).