FuturaSun, solar, roof-grid panels, and solar lighting machines manufacturer, acquired Solertix, a perovskite solar cell start-up in Italy. Solertix began at the University of Rome in its Organic Solar Center, which focuses on third-generation PV cell research. FuturaSun said that it plans to double the workforce at the startup with a view to developing a stable, commercially viable perovskite product. The price of the purchase has not been revealed.