BT Imaging Achieves Global Recognition for Intelligent PL Solutions at SNEC 2025

Aurora Solar Technologies – BT Imaging Achieves Global Recognition at SNEC 2025 for Intelligent PL Solutions Platform

June 23, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT | Source: Aurora Solar Technologies Inc.

Vancouver, British Columbia—Aurora Solar Technologies Inc. (TSXV: ACU) is excited to update shareholders on the progress of BT Imaging’s inline Intelligent PL Solutions platform.

### Global Recognition and Strategic Positioning of the Intelligent PL Solutions Platform

BT Imaging’s participation at SNEC 2025 marked the strategic launch of its Intelligent PL Solutions platform into the global market. Although the platform had been demonstrated to two solar manufacturers prior to this event, SNEC 2025 served as the first public exhibition of its full capabilities, including the introduction of BT Imaging’s advanced inline contactless IV measurement system and industry endorsements for its two new flagship products.

From June 11-13, 2025, at the SNEC International PV Power Generation and Smart Energy Exhibition and Conference in Shanghai—one of the premier solar industry events—BT Imaging’s Vice President of Technology, Dr. Nitin Nampalli, unveiled the first truly inline contactless IV (current-voltage) measurement system. This groundbreaking technology addresses significant metrology challenges for next-generation solar cells, such as multi-busbar or zero-busbar TOPCon and Heterojunction cells with back-contact designs, along with Tandem solar cells.

Additionally, two new metrology tools were introduced to meet emerging industry trends and evolving customer needs:
– **i5**: An inline inspection system that combines contactless IV measurement, advanced imaging, and AI-powered defect detection. This tool facilitates feedback loops for enhanced re-working, yield optimization, and root cause analysis based on performance, operations, and cost benefits.
– **R3-MJ**: An offline metrology tool specifically optimized for tandem, thin-film, and multi-junction solar cells currently in development.

These innovations garnered three significant industry awards at SNEC 2025:
– SNEC Top 10 Highlights Selection Honor Award
– APVIA Technical Achievement Award
– APVIA Industrial Contribution Award

This recognition reaffirms BT Imaging’s status as a technology leader and underscores the strategic significance of its Intelligent PL Solutions platform. The new products validate the platform’s ability to integrate seamlessly into existing production lines and deliver precise measurements for next-generation cells with advanced metallization patterns. Unlike traditional “stop-measure-go” contact-based IV/EL systems, which have throughput limitations and require specialized contacting jigs, our i5 platform is architecture-agnostic and operates non-contact, producing images of all IV parameters. This capability enables rapid identification of defects that competitors may overlook, thereby supporting binning strategies, improving factory economics, and increasing the bankability of next-generation solar cells.

### Accelerating Strategic and Customer Interest in BT Imaging’s Inline Intelligent PL Solutions Platform

With technical demonstrations successfully completed with two solar manufacturers, BT Imaging’s Intelligent PL Solutions platform is now entering the commercialization phase. Discussions are actively ongoing regarding sales of production-grade Qualification Tools, with conditional volume order commitments forming the basis of the Company’s partnership-led investment strategy.

As part of this transition, BT Imaging is evaluating the best path to growth, balancing platform readiness, customer demand, and opportunities for strategic partnerships to expedite market adoption. The Company is in early-stage discussions with several strategic parties focused on:
1. Deploying production-grade Qualification Tools linked to volume order commitments.
2. Forming integrated supply and go-to-market partnerships.
3. Attracting targeted investments to accelerate commercialization.

These discussions support BT Imaging’s commitment to efficiently scaling its inline Intelligent PL Solutions platform while maintaining its core technical and intellectual property leadership as a center of metrology innovation and expertise for high-efficiency manufacturing. Given the platform’s recent technical validation, increasing commercial traction, and its strategic role in next-generation solar manufacturing, BT Imaging sees this as an opportune moment for strategic engagement to support scaling and long-term platform growth.

### Annual General and Special Meeting – June 25, 2025

Aurora reminds shareholders that its Annual General and Special Meeting will take place at 10:00 AM PT on June 25, 2025, at Suite 111, 409 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC. The Board of Directors unanimously encourages shareholders to vote in favor of all resolutions presented at the meeting. Proxy voting instructions and related materials are accessible on the Aurora website.

### About Aurora Solar Technologies and BT Imaging

Aurora Solar Technologies has acquired and fully owns BT Imaging Pty Ltd., a leader in high-precision photoluminescence imaging and measurement solutions for the solar industry. This acquisition is part of a clean technology strategy aimed at scaling operations. BT Imaging specializes in advanced machine vision, defect categorization, precise measurements, and machine learning, all delivered through its Intelligent PL Solutions platform. The Company is headquartered near Vancouver, Canada, with operations in Sydney, Australia, and Shanghai. Its products are used worldwide by customers and partners across all major solar manufacturing markets. Aurora is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (ACU) and has been recognized as a two-time TSX-V Top 50 winner, as well as one of the fastest-growing companies in British Columbia by Business in Vancouver in September 2024.

This press release contains certain “forward-looking information” as defined by applicable securities laws, including statements about the Company’s growth strategy, product commercialization, and financing plans. Such forward-looking information is subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated.

For more information about our products and operations, please visit our websites at [www.aurorasolartech.com](http://www.aurorasolartech.com) and [www.btimaging.com](http://www.btimaging.com).

For media inquiries or further information, contact:
Jake Bouma
Corporate Development
Phone: +1 (604) 317-3936
corpcomm@aurorasolartech.com

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