As of a date not posted, United Solar Systems Corporaton is indicated as permanently closed. The firm had been a joint venture between Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) and N.V. Bekaert S.A., had been building on technology pioneered by ECD, in thin-film amorphous photovoltaics. ECD and United Solar hold the basic patents covering the continuous roll-to-roll manufacturing of thin-film amorphous silicon alloy multi-junction solar cells and related products. United Solar and Bekaert ECD Solar Systems offer a line of solar electric roofing panels, which are unique, flexible, lightweight and architecturally attractive
