Northern States Metals is acquiring the solar business of OPEL Technologies, a Toronto-based company with its U.S. headquarters in Shelton.
OPEL”™s high-concentration photovoltaic system focuses sunlight from a comparatively large area onto small receivers, with OPEL also selling machinery to help keep panels aligned with the sun. The company struggled to sell the system, however, and plans to focus on a semiconductor technology it is developing at a University of Connecticut business incubator.
Northern States Metals is an aluminum machining company with corporate offices in West Hartford and manufacturing facilities in Youngstown, Ohio. The company currently makes Solar FlexRack, a photovoltaic mounting system that has been used in a range of settings.
