In-house Manufactured UltraLight Substrate and Filing of One New Patent Application

QSolar Commences Volume Production of Its New, Proprietary, In-house Manufactured UltraLight Substrate and Filing of One New Patent Application.QSolar Commences Volume Production of Its New, Proprietary, In-house Manufactured UltraLight Substrate and Filing of One New Patent Application.Calgary, Alberta CANADA, January 08, 2013 /FSC/ - QSolar Limited (QSL - CNSX),("QSolar" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that, having completed the development of a new substrate, for use in its QLiteX solar panel manufacturing process, it has now commenced full scale manufacturing in its Shanghai manufacturing facilities integrating and utilizing the new ultra-light substrate. In conjunction with this development, QSolar has filed a new patent application.
The Corporation has commenced manufacturing of the new substrate and shipped its newer version of QLiteX to customers. This development will assist the Corporation in further controlling its product costs, improve quality control, have fully integrated manufacturing of the full production cycle, and have much greater flexibility in the design and introduction of new products.QSolar continues to do in-house research and provide ongoing development to constantly improve its suite of products. Conventional solar panel manufacturing, unlike QSolar, uses glass as a substrate and encapsulates the solar cells using EVA and TPT film in capital intense and power hungry laminators. The lamination process and materials has not changed significantly in this sector for many years.
With the new QSolar substrate, QSolar will continue to offer embedded solutions that are of lighter weight and greater strength and that, can be colored and custom shaped if required, providing greater flexibility in the module design. In addition, other substrates are being tested and can be potentially embedded utilizing our Spraytech(r) technology.The Corporation's patent portfolio now consists of fourteen patents and patents pending including previously filed patents which include three for our Spraytek(r) solar module manufacturing process, two patents for our Kruciwatt(r) wafer manufacturing process, one patent for the ESS embedded spraying technology, one patent for the low loss solar panel design, one patent for QLiteX and one patent for a solar powered waste processing plant.The Corporation intends to continue to enhance its value and conduct ongoing research and development based on available budgeted financial resources with the aim of improving the existing processes and technologies and introducing new products and applications to position QSolar at the forefront of solar technology. QSolar continues to provide products for potential new markets that cannot be addresses with conventional solar panels.