The company’s Uno system, developed for sputtering CIGS (copper, indium,gallium, selenium) and CZTS (copper, zinc, tin and sulfide) thin-film in a single vacuumchamber, promises "high throughput,flexibility, stability and ability to design complex test series”.

“There has been a lot of interest from universitiesand institutes for a lower-cost version of our commercial Duo productiontool for research and development,” said Midsummer chief executive SvenLindström.