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PARTNERSHIPS
Exeger works with some of the world’s best-known brands to co-develop products and solutions for a smart and sustainable future. Our solar cell, Powerfoyle, has endless opportunities and can be integrated into any product or surface.
From our urban factory and headquarters in Stockholm, we support partners all over the globe with their transition to light-powered products and solutions. A team including photovoltaics experts, engineers and designers guide our partners from early feasibility studies, integration for mass production, and communication.
Are you next? Contact partnerships@exeger.com
3M
Exeger has joined forces with 3M to advance worker safety and connectivity through cutting-edge self-charging technology. With sustainability as a key pillar for the collaboration, Exeger and 3M will incorporate a clean power source directly into products used by millions of people. The first product, a protective communications headset, launched at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2024.
Read the press release about our partnership.
Watch a short video about our partnership with 3M and how users feel about the 3M Peltor headset with Powerfoyle.
Kapsch
Exeger and Kapsch have entered a strategic partnership to develop self-charging, environmentally-friendly communications solutions. With Exeger’s patented technology, Kapsch can use resources more efficiently, operate more sustainably and reduce the carbon footprint of some devices by up to 50%. Kapsch announced Elumian, the world’s first light-powered tolling transponder, during ITS World Congress 2024 in Dubai.
TP Vision
TP Vision is responsible for design, manufacturing and sales of Philips-branded TV and audio products, and will integrate Exeger’s solar cells into Philips consumer electronics products. Sports headphones and a remote control were shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2024.
Voxx
Exeger and has partnered with Voxx International to develop solar-powered hearing aids and accessories under the RCA brand for Americans suffering from hearing loss. Together, the companies will improve lives by offering innovative solutions that are convenient and practical.
VusionGroup
VusionGroup, the global leader in digital solutions for physical retail, is in strategic collaboration with Exeger to pioneer a more sustainable approach to commerce. With the objective to set a new light-powered standard in retail, this partnership can reduce both maintenance and carbon footprint for electronic labels and IoT devices.
Read our joint whitepaper “Taking Retail Digitalization Further with Light Harvesting Technologies“.
Urbanista
Urbanista is a Swedish lifestyle audio brand built out of a love of cities and urban life. Our partnership has resulted in products that fundamentally improve the listening experience, leading the way to a world where your favorite gadgets are always charged.
Urbanista Los Angeles, the world’s first self-charging wireless headphones, launched in May 2021. The Powerfoyle solar cell is integrated into the headband, converting all light, outdoor and indoor, into energy. Spending 20 minutes in the sun adds about one hour of listening. With normal behavior, users can experience virtually infinite playtime.
In 2022, we introduced Urbanista Phoenix, the world’s first active noise cancelling true wireless earphones powered by light. For this product, Powerfoyle is built-in to the charging case, enabling endless playtime with no need for cords or charging cables, for a truly wireless experience.
Urbanista Malibu, a solar-powered portable speaker, was announced in August 2023, completing the full lineup of solar-powered audio products from Urbanista. Malibu is fully waterproof and protected against sand, dust and dirt, keeping the music going all day long,
These solar-powered audio products will shape the future of our listening experiences in years to come.
MARSHALL GROUP
Marshall Group (previously Zound Industries) and Exeger have been partnering since 2022 with the goal of developing sustainable audio products together. The first product released was the adidas RPT-02 SOL sport headphones powered by Powerfoyle, that was sold between 2022-2024.
RPT-02 SOL were sleek and resilient headphones designed for an active lifestyle. The headphones were equipped with an innovative light indicator on the headband that helped to detect the strongest light possible for the best charge and came with a companion app that guided its owners to the best user experience.
With Powerfoyle integrated into the headband, these headphones provided extra motivation to get out in the sun to exercise – an excellent way to utilize the energizing quality of light to power performance, wellbeing and the headphones.
D3-TECH PARTNERS / TRIDENT COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
D3-Tech Partners is designing and manufacturing heavy-duty communications headsets that can withstand the harshest environments. D3-Tech has, in collaboration with Exeger, developed the communication headset ModCom 1 EcoPro, with Powerfoyle incorporated into the headband.
EcoPro is an excellent product for an array of industries, including business communications, order processing, construction and first responders. D3-Tech works with various global resellers, giving them the opportunity to market the EcoPro under their own brand names, using the same proprietary design and components. Blue Tiger Solare is part of the EcoPro launch into the trucker market.
Blue Tiger
The Solare communication headset has Powerfoyle integrated into the headband, greatly enhancing battery life and potentially removing the need for traditional charging. Solare was selected as Honoree at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 Innovation Awards.
Solare is the first communication headset on the market to be self-powered. The primary end-users are US professional truck drivers. They spend up to 14 hours on the road and rely on their communication headset to be in constant contact with dispatch and other drivers.
Blue Tiger Solare is available now in USA, Canada, and Europe.
Jays Headphones
With a clear focus on providing an effortless listening experience, Jays Headphones has identified great value in removing charging hassles with Powerfoyle.
Jays, an audio product brand of Northblaze Group AB, announced the partnership with Exeger in June 2022. Through this partnership, Jays and Exeger will continue to lead the way on sustainability and user-friendliness. More information to come.
Spåra Hund, or ‘track dog’ in Swedish
C Security System
In October 2021 Exeger announced the entering the Internet of Things (IoT) sector in collaboration with C Security System (CSEC). The first product from the collaboration is the self-powered Spåra Hund, a dog harness with integrated Powerfoyle and a built-in tracker.
CSEC offers cutting-edge sensor technology to protect people, animals and mobile assets. Integrating Powerfoyle into Spåra devices enables a new range of self-powered products for the tracker and pet tech markets. The first product from the collaboration, a dog harness called Spåra Hund (‘spåra’ meaning ‘track’ in Swedish and ‘hund’ meaning ‘dog’), combines CSEC and Powerfoyle’s technologies to enable tracking capability and virtually endless battery life, two key features for the tracker and pet tech markets.
CSEC’s products include GPS trackers that work with a wide range of mobile networks; setting them apart from their peers. The company´s unique and patented technology originates from an innovative tracker design and power saving methods. The integration of Powerfoyle enables Spåra devices, and other products within the IoT sector, to be self-powered.
POC
POC, the leading manufacturer of helmets for snow sports and cycling, has teamed up with Exeger to develop a smart helmet powered with endless energy. This is the beginning of a completely new concept for safety and wearable technology. POC’s ‘Whole helmet concept™’ illustrates that a helmet can, and should, do scientifically more than manage impacts. Through the integration of digital solutions, helmets can protect the user before, during and after an accident. The possibility of providing helmets with endless power is key for unlocking new innovations for smarter and safer sports adventures.
“Integrating Powerfoyle opens a world of new opportunities, creating helmets with an endless power source”
POC CEO, Jonas Sjögren