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Aurora Solar Technologies
Ø 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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Aurora’s Vision: Become the number one quality control system provider for solar product manufacturing
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More than $8M pipeline45% Gross Margin
$450M market Manufacturing capacity growing 25% per year
$4M market capAttractive investment as
business executes to plan
Validated by industry leaders
Positioned for growthLeading patented technology
Industry-recognized team
Sales/presence in largest global markets
China
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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
Manufacturing stepsSilicon wafersFinished solar cells
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
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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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Strong Aurora Solar Team
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Gordon Deans, P. Eng., M. Eng.CEO and FounderExtensive leadership experience in new product development and market introduction, public company turnarounds with Nortel, Norsat, Omron Automation*
Johnson Wong, Ph.D.Chief PhysicistUniversity of New South Wales, SERIS, Industry-recognized expert in solar cell physics and design
Steve McDonald, B.E.Sc.VP Business Development14 years experience in automation applications and sales at Omron Automation and Aurora
Wei Deng, MBADirector of Sales – Asia PacificGeneral Manager – China (Shanghai)20+ years experience in sales and marketing in China with Microsoft, Norsat
Board of DirectorsJohn McNicol - Senior executive with proven track record of creating shareholder value Kevin Dodds, CPA - Sr executive specializing in corporate, financing, operational matters in high-growth companiesDavid Toyoda, LLB- experienced securities legal and corporate organization expertGordon Deans – CEO and founder
Viktoriya Griffin, CPAChief Financial Officer10+ years experience, including audit and assurance services for public companies at Deloitte and E&Y, and CFO services leadership at Clearline CPA
*formerly Adept Technology
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Equity Structure
Share 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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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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Contacts
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Gordon Deans, P.Eng.President & Chief Executive Officer+1 (778) 241-5000
IR ContactKelly Robinson+1 (604) [email protected]