Membranes and sheets
Flexible surface formats for suitable covers, canopies and structures.
Technology / energy and functional surfaces
New functions for everyday surfaces.
We are developing flexible energy surfaces for integration into covers, canopies, marine surfaces and other suitable structures. Membrane and tape formats open opportunities to use surfaces where conventional rigid panels may be difficult to integrate.
Concept film · Illustrative scenes, not validated production or installations
AIM concept film · Silent
Engineering developed. Product validation ahead.Status: 7 September 2026
A platform for flexible energy generation.
The development programme brings together materials, installation design and energy management. Output, durability and suitability will be established through testing for each application.
Tapes and strips
Narrow formats for curved, irregular and space-constrained surfaces.
Deployable surfaces
Portable covers and shelter concepts that bring generation closer to the point of use.
HullGuard marine surface protection.
HullGuard is AIM’s membrane-based hull-protection concept, being developed to help limit biological growth on submerged hull surfaces while a vessel is moored or anchored.
It explores active surface treatment coordinated with onboard energy management. Effectiveness, durability, environmental compatibility and safe operation must be established through testing before use.
HullGuard uses energy for surface treatment. It is a separate development from our energy-generating membranes.
Further materials research.
Our wider research direction includes surfaces with heating, cooling or lighting functions, and concepts that combine energy generation with storage. These are exploratory development areas with their own material, engineering and validation requirements.
From material to application.
Material samples, product prototypes and application testing will establish useful output, durability and installation suitability. No efficiency, antifouling, thermal or lifetime performance is claimed at this stage.
Follow the validation pathwayFlexible solar surface concept.
A supplied rendering explores portable surface integration. Performance remains to be established.
Energy surfaces within an application.
Solar-assisted charging illustration; no charging contribution is specified.
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