The bendable panels, named Brite 3, will be introduced at the 2018 Light + Building exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany.

The bendable design is possible due to the flexible barrier solutions from BASF. The encapsulation protects the panels from degradation through water or oxygen, both present in ambient air, and provides an optical transparency of more than 90%.

Stephan Klotz, head of functional films at BASF’s Coatings division, writes: