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© 2019 Aurora Solar Technologies Inc.
4 Sep 2018
CONFIDENTIAL and PROPRIETARY
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© 2019 Aurora Solar Technologies Inc.
Safe Harbour Statement
Forward Looking Statements: Certain of the statements and
market data contained in this presentation are forward-
looking statements which involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of the Company, or
industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied
by such forward-looking statements.
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© 2019 Aurora Solar Technologies Inc.
Aurora Solar TechnologiesØ FOR SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURERS,
who struggle to be profitable
ü Aurora’s manufacturing quality control systems INCREASE manufacturing yield and PROFITS
ü Unlike our competition, we provide a WHOLE SOLUTION for this need
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Quality measurement of a series of solar cells
Real-time quality assessment based on measured parameters
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Our addressable market is large and rapidly growing• Annual CAPEX for solar cell
manufacturers > $3.4 billion
• Of this, Aurora’s addressable market > $450 million
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Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_photovoltaics, May 2019Source: SolarMedia PV Manufacturing Quarterly Report, May 2019
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Raw materialcosts
Profit
Manu-facturing
costs
We address an urgent customer needLost profit in manufacturing
• Increasing labour costs due to turnover and rising wage rates• Now driving adoption of automated
handling and inline measurement
• High raw material and processing costs relative to selling price• $6.5B industry-wide profit can be gained
with 3.5% relative quality improvement
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CNY/Year
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How we do it
We provide INTELLIGENCE about our customers’ manufacturing line performance that allows
them to rapidly pinpoint and resolve deficiencies with confidence and precision
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This reduces costs and optimizes profits
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Aurora solution
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A B C
1) Get real-time data on variables
that affect finished solar cell quality
2) Link that data to actual manufacturing equipment behavior 3) Improve
equipment behavior to raise quality
MEASURE
VISUALIZE
CONTROL
Manufacturing stepsSilicon wafersFinished solar cells
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Aurora solution
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A B C
Manufacturing stepsSilicon wafersFinished solar cells
MEASURE
VISUALIZE
CONTROL
DMTM
measurement instruments
VisualizeTM process display and tracking software
InsightTM
end-to-end process analysis system
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Company milestones
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2009 2012-13 2014 2017 2018 2019
Aurora founded in May 2009
R&D / trialsCommercialization
Volume sales
Testing and qualification of DMTM IR-based measurement
technology
Volume sales start
outside China
“China 531”
policy slows sales
InsightTM
announced
China (Shanghai)
office openedSales initiated
Volume sales resume in China and elsewhere
DM-110e introduced for
China
Lead customer
development
Over 90 systems shipped, covering >17 GW of solar cell production and 30% of major manufacturers
R&D with Schott
Solar
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Aurora installations worldwide
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Over 90 systems shipped or on order Top-tier volume customers worldwide
Installed in PV cell productionR&D partners
Aurora locationsVancouver CanadaShanghai, PRC
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Equity StructureShare price (June 30, 2019): $0.04
Market Cap: $3.5M
Common Shares: 88,176,925of which insiders and founding investors own: 25%
Warrants: 2,256,800 @ 0.075 expiring 11-15-20
Employee/Director Options: 5,505,000(W/A $0.07)
Fully Diluted: 95,938,725
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© 2019 Aurora Solar Technologies Inc.
Five reasons to own ACU shares
1. Large and growing addressable market
2. Rapidly building sales in the largest solar market in the world – China
3. Dynamic, proprietary product roadmap to diversify and strengthen sales
4. Globally recognized team in the solar industry, respected and influential
5. Strong leadership and Board with track record of creating value
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© 2019 Aurora Solar Technologies Inc.
Contacts
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Gordon Deans, P.Eng.President & Chief Executive Officer+1 (778) 241-5000
IR ContactKelly Robinson+1 (604) [email protected]
