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Thursday, 07/21/2011 8:33:42 PM

Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:33:42 PM

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**Check this one out thoroughly for a long term investment with extraordinary potential.**

Opel Solar International Inc (Public, CVE:OPL)



Brief Description:

OPEL International Inc. is a Canada-based company. The Company, through its subsidiary, Opel Inc., is engaged in the development and marketing of concentrating solar panels, single and dual axis solar tracking systems for commercial applications, and the development of a gallium arsenide microchip for numerous applications, including solar cells. The Company designs, manufactures and markets high performance photovoltaic concentrating (HCPV) panels to transform solar energy into electricity for worldwide application. In addition, it manufactures and markets a line of single and dual axis solar trackers. These tracker systems can be used to mount all types of solar panels, (silicon, thin film, and HCPV) in ground mounted arrays or roof mounted systems. Through OPEL Defense Integrated Systems Inc., the Company designs infrared sensor type products for military and industrial applications. Its customers include engineering, procurement and construction firms and solar integrators.

Homepage: http://www.opelinc.com/


Form No: OPL-1GR000004-TEAA-01
OPEL, Inc.
3 Corporate Drive
Suite 204
Shelton, CT 06484
www.opelinc.com

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Business Overview:

The Company was incorporated in the Province of Ontario and continued in the Province of New Brunswick
on January 30, 2007. Through its subsidiary, Opel Inc. (“Opel”), it is engaged principally in the development
and marketing of concentrating solar panels for commercial applications and developing a gallium arsenide
microchip and the process to produce it for various applications. On September 26, 2006, the shareholders of
the Company approved a capital transaction agreement with Opel Inc. (“Opel”) a private, technology company,
incorporated under the laws of Delaware. The capital transaction was accounted for as a reverse take over
(“RTO”). On June 8, 2007, the Company completed a private placement of US$10.7 million, which exceeded
the requirements of liquidity for listing on the Toronto Venture Exchange, “TSXV”. Subsequently, on June
26, 2007, the Company’s shares began trading under the symbol “OPL” on the TSXV.

Opel designs, manufactures and markets high performance concentrating photovoltaic products to transform
solar energy into electricity for worldwide application. Opel’s high performance photovoltaic concentrating
products generate up to 40% more kilowatt-hours than conventional fixed solar panels, resulting in more cost
effective electricity generated from the sun. In certain circumstances, Opel will operate on premise generating
facilities that provide customers with solar generated electricity at competitive rates without the need of capital
investments on their part. Opel also designs infrared sensor type products for military and industrial
applications.

Opel continues to be an early-stage technology company that is developing gallium arsenide based processes
and semi-conductor microchip products having several potential major market applications: solar concentrator
cells and panels for use in power grid applications and commercial rooftops, infrared sensor arrays for security
monitoring and imaging along with the unique combination of optical (lasers), and electronic control circuits
on the same microchip for telecommunication applications such as Fiber To The Home (“FTTH”). The use of
gallium arsenide as the key material in Opel’s solar cell development will permit the use of these cells under
solar concentration with greatly increased output compared to flat plate solar collector designs done in silicon,
as presently used. Opel has been awarded several US Department of Defense projects since 2000. These have
been and continue today to support Opel’s Planar Opto-Electronic Technology (“POET”) process
development, infrared sensing technology, optical/laser development and the combination of electronic circuits
and lasers on the same microchip. Opel remains active in this area with several recent projects underway with
the US Department of Defense.

The solar cell development is based on the use of gallium arsenide chips being designed by OPEL which when
ready, will be processed by the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Center (“CPFC”) which is a part of the
Canadian National Research Centre in Ottawa, Canada. The following development phase of an Opel solar cell
multi-junction development will be based on a variation of Opel’s POET technology after the transfer is
complete from Opel’s University of Connecticut (“UCONN”) Laboratory to a qualified fabrication source such
as CPFC in Ottawa or BAE Systems. This variation will include an adjusted transistor design from the present
POET process.

Opel was founded in December 2000. It received its first two government contract awards in 2001, for an
aggregate of US$1.07 million. During 2001, Opel demonstrated its first thyristor operation (electrical only)
and obtained two patents. Since then, Opel has been granted a total of $5,230,000 in government contracts.
Opel has filed a total of 46 patents of which 21 have been granted to date.

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The IR section of the homepage provides all the information you need + everything you need to know about OPL can be found here:
http://infoventure.tsx.com/TSXVenture/TSXVentureHttpController?GetPage=CompanySummary&PO_ID=1074440&HC_FLAG1=Y

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OPL Management:


Kunkel, Lawrence

Brief Biography:

Mr. Lawrence R. Kunkel is Independent Chairman of the Board of OPEL Solar International Inc. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, holds a B.A. Degree with Honors in Economics and A.M. in Social Science (Economics) from The University of Chicago. He also serves on the Corporate Governance and Compensation committees. Presently, Mr. Kunkel serves as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of American Strategic Holdings, LLC which is an investment holding company that provides equity capital to strong technology start-ups and acquisition investment for middle market technology leaders in the defense, medical device and clean-tech sectors. Most recently, he completed a position as Senior Advisor for Renewable Energy where he acted as chief energy strategist to Governor Donald Carcieri of Rhode Island. Throughout his 30 year career, Mr. Kunkel has served as an Economist and game theory Corporate Strategist for Modular Thermal Technologies, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, New York Life Insurance Company and Kunkel Strategic Services, IBC. He is the author of many academic and professional publications focusing on law and economics, strategic planning, renewable energy, antitrust and econometric modeling. While at The University of Chicago, he served as the Research Assistant to George J. Stigler the 1982 Nobel Prize winner for Economics. In 2005, Mr. Kunkel was the recipient of Certificates of Special Congressional Recognition from both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Pierhal, Leon

Brief Biography

Mr. Leon M. Pierhal is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of OPEL International Inc. He is the President of ODIS Inc. since April 2008; President and Chief Operating Officer of OPEL, Inc from June 2003 to April 2008; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pierhal & Associates LLC from September 1993 to March 2005.

McCoy, Michael

Brief Biography:

Mr. Michael McCoy is Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of OPEL International Inc. He was a founder of TranSwitch Corporation, a U.S. semi-conductor company, serving as its Vice President and Controller from 1988 to 2001 and most recently serving as its Corporate Secretary from 1988 to February 2006, as well as serving as a board member of TranSwitch India and TranSwitch Switzerland. Prior to TranSwitch, Mr. McCoy was a Divisional Controller with ITT Corporation. His 30 years of financial experience includes experience with public company SEC and NASDAQ reporting, as well as securing venture capital, public, bank and government agency financing. Mr. McCoy’s education includes a BS/BA from Kent State University.

Middleton, Francisco

Brief Biography

Mr. Francisco Middleton is the Chief Operating Officer, Vice President - Marketing of OPEL International Inc. He is the Vice President of Marketing of OPEL International Inc. and has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer with effect from May 17, 2010. He has over thirty years of international experience in general management, marketing, engineering and VLSI production. His experience includes formulating product strategies, new product concepts, product business plans, product development and taking products to market. Since 2003, Mr. Middleton has been a Managing Partner at Renoir Asset Management, a private partnership investing in real estate in Connecticut. From 1990 through 2003 while at TranSwitch Corporation, Mr. Middleton held various Vice President level positions in Engineering, Operations, Sales and Marketing. Most recently, Mr. Middleton was responsible for marketing products to the telecom equipment manufacturers worldwide, including joint product development strategies, partnerships and relationships with those customers at the technical and commercial levels. His experience and achievements also include interaction with the financial community: in the year 2000 he was a key contributor in helping the company raise $460 million in a convertible bond offering. Mr. Middleton received a Bachelor of Science degree from the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City and he has been awarded twenty US patents in the telecommunications field.

Agudow, Patricia

Brief Biography

Ms. Patricia Venneri Agudow is Vice President - Administration and Public & Government Relations of OPEL International Inc., with effect from June 21, 2011. She is responsible for OPEL's Corporate Governance Programs, Human Resources, Contract Administration, Public Relations, and Policy Management with Solar Industry Associations and Government bodies. Ms. Agudow comes to OPEL International with over 30 years experience in business management, specializing in human resources and corporate governance. She had a seven-year career with ITT Corporation in both telecommunications and manufacturing divisions - ITT Advanced Technology Center and ITT Flygt Corporation respectively. Then she spent 13 years with General Reinsurance Corporation where she held various senior management positions. Most recently, Ms. Agudow was Vice President, Human Resources with TranSwitch Corporation (NASDAQ: TXCC), where she built the human resources function and was heavily involved with corporation governance, equity programs, and mergers and acquisitions. She has had interaction at the Board of Director level for both TranSwitch and General Reinsurance. Ms. Agudow holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management and Industrial Relations from the University of Bridgeport. She has also completed executive business education at Babson College and Cornell University. She is affiliated with national management and human resources professional associations and build her association memberships in the solar and renewable energy industries.

Berrios, Javier

Brief Biography

Dr. Javier Berrios is Vice President - Engineering of OPEL International Inc. Dr. Berrios comes to OPEL International following two years as co-founder and Vice President of Engineering of Tego, Inc., a startup designer of next generation Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) UHF passive tags. Prior to his work at Tego, Inc., Dr. Berrios spent ten years at TranSwitch Corporation (NASDAQ:TXCC) a provider of high-speed semiconductors for voice, data and video communications, concentrating on product delivery, and engineering project management in the field of digital communications. From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Berrios worked at PairGain Technologies (NASDAQ:PAIR) developing a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) system. He earned a technology excellence award for the in-time implementation of a fast CellBus switching fabric that was the backbone for an ATM-based ADSL/HDSL multi-service system for central offices. Dr. Berrios received his BSEE from La Salle Bonanova (Spain), and his MSEE and PhD EE from Union College and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, respectively.

Samuel Peralta

Brief Biography

Dr. Samuel Peralta is Independent Director of OPEL International Inc. He is President of Envergence Inc. from December 2004 to present, Director of Business Development for Kinectrics Inc. from January 2000 to present. He holds a Ph. D. and a Certificate in Accounting from Edinburg Business School, UK which was complemented by management, accounting and financial studies at York University (Schulich School of Business) and University of Toronto (Rotman School of Management). He has been a senior officer and director of several public companies. He worked for Ontario Hydro and Kinectrics Inc., where he had responsibility for Profit & Loss, capital investment and other financial-related maters.

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Near term catalysts:

- They will change their name into OPEL Technologies Inc.
- BAE Systems is in the last phase of testing and validating the revolutionary POET chip fabrication process.
And I do mean REVOLUTIONARY! (See specifics & patents below.)
- OPL is also in the process of selecting an investment bank to help them with the commercialisation/licensing and/or selling of the POET Chip. Some of the potential buyers could be Apple, Google, Intel, IBM, ARM Holdings...
- When BAE Systems announces the results, and the IB is official, the stock will soar and surpass the HOY.
- also management has confirmed that they will start a promotional tour to announce their achievements after the above has occurred...

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(Many, many eyes will be on OPL, thats for sure!!)

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Recent events:

- see PR's/NR's below or via the homepage, MarketWire etc.
- they have NO debt.
- will turn profitable in Q3 to 1st Q 2012.
- revenues will show a major increase on the Q2-Q4 reports due to solar installations.
- have about seven million in the bank.
- OPL has contracts with NASA & US Defense
- 46 patents issued, 21 approved & some pending
- Expending Solar business + new & running contracts
(the solar division alone is more worth then 1$)
- Last December, the company was granted the honorable 2010 Innovation Award from Connecticut's Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce.
- - This February, the company was selected to enter "2011 TSX Venture 50" club - a ranking of companies with strong performance on the Canadian market. No doubt, it is a great recognition for OPEL Solar.
- a very conservative Third Party Valuation of the POET Technology over $1 Billion.
- after the HOY the stock consolidated and when 2 resigning execs sold their positions the stock went down, also Pinetree (a Venture capital firm) sold a part (approx. 10%) of their position (presumably profit taking = fiduciary duty, or to reduce their position to around 10%, and to invest their profits in another investment).
see Canada Insider Link below.
(Though you'll also see new insiders who have bought.)
The insider selling has stopped almost a month ago and as you can see on the chart we're bottoming out and when the above mentioned news is released it can be an easy double, especially when one loads up at these discount prices.
- currently trading in the low 0.7's but the valuation makes this a 10 - 12$ stock, and if one holds for the long term this can go much higher than that; 15, 20, 25 and beyond is possible in the next 2 to 5 years...
- Warrants coming due in Dec are at $1.90 so I would expect they will move things along to get those in the money.
- TA pointing in the right direction.

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DD:

University of Connecticut:
http://otc.uconn.edu/researchers/geoff-taylor/

Robert Pico's presentation at Uconn:
http://mediasite.uchc.edu/Mediasite41/SilverlightPlayer/Default.aspx?peid=da0fe5989c334cbab153a059e257ac44

Patents: http://www.patentgenius.com/inventedby/TaylorGeoffWStorrsMansfieldCT.html

Pellegrino Independent valuation report:
http://opelinc.com/news/opel-announces-third-party-valuation-of-its-poet-technology/

June 08, 2011 09:00 ET
OPEL Solar International Files Outstanding Quarter 1, 2011 Financials:
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/opel-solar-international-files-outstanding-quarter-1-2011-financials-tsx-venture-opl-1524274.htm

IBK Capital, investment banking firm: http://www.ibkcapital.com/firm.html
http://www.ibkcapital.com/renewable/solar.html

SEDAR = SEC equivalent
http://www.sedar.com/

Canada Insider:
http://canadianinsider.com/coReport/allTransactions.php?ticker=opl

Knowledgeable message board; (yes they do exist)
http://www.stockhouse.com/Bullboards/SymbolList.aspx?s=OPL&t=LIST



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PR's/NR's & Related Articles:

http://compoundsemiconductor.net/csc/news-details.php?id=19733388

http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/wireless-news/mi_hb5558/is_20110617/bae-systems-validates-odis-poet/ai_n57679061/

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/odis-inc-us-affiliate-opel-solar-proves-new-laser-device-using-poet-monolithic-optoelectronic-tsx-venture-opl-1504674.htm

http://www.sensorsmag.com/electronics-computers/news/odis-proves-new-laser-device-made-using-poet-8433

http://www.marketwire.com/AdvancedSearch/AdvancedSearchResults.aspx?sid=3b83e379-5f0a-4a12-b64c-634fc8dfb19d

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ODIS-Gains-Acceptance-by-NASA-iw-2424397253.html?x=0&.v=1

http://compoundsemiconductor.net/csc/news-details.php?cat=news&id=19732392



Do your DD on this one and you'll be pleased with what I presented here, and if you like what you see please prolifirate this message...

Thank you & GLTA

PS: sure go ahead multiply & prosper dude, I will be asking the same on the board to spread this to anyone you'd like, or to other stock boards, groups, websites or whatever platform you could think of.

Let see how fast the PPS will react. I say mighty fast!! wink

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