Shenzhen Hua Ke Creative Technology CTO Xiping: The 5G Era Will Open The Red Sea Of Silver Nanowires.

Contributing writer Zhu Lina Shenzhen Report

In the era of 5G, interconnection of all things has opened up a new era. There is a new situation for artificial intelligence, remote treatment and intelligent driving. Communication technology or Internet interconnection has undergone several generations of development. The core of the development of these technologies is materials. Ceng Xiping, executive vice president and CTO of Shenzhen Hua Ke Zhi Zhi Technology Co., Ltd., attended the first "innovation economic summit forum of Guangdong, Hongkong and Macau".

He laughs at the fact that he is a front-line practitioner of science and technology innovation and entrepreneurship in Da Wan District, Guangdong, Hongkong and Macau. After graduating from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2012, he went to Hong Kong University Science & Technology to study for Ph. D. degree in Xiping.

Zeng Xiping - Gan Jun photo

In September 2014, he and several angel investors founded Hua Ke Zhi Zhi Technology Co., Ltd., incubated at the Shenzhen Institute of industry, education and research, Hong Kong University Science & Technology, and moved to Longgang District of Shenzhen in early 2016. The company completed the A round of financing in 2016, led by Shenzhen Venture Capital Company, and B round of financing in 2017. At the end of 2018, the B+ round of financing and the C round financing were completed. At the beginning of this year, the C + round was completed, attracting a number of investment funds such as the guiding fund of Longgang District of Shenzhen and the capital of Guo long.

"After comparing the characteristics, stability and manufacturing cost, silver nanowire is the core material to realize flexible folding touch screen and super large capacitance screen. At present, the industry is dominated by China. We have 53 thousand mu production base. It is also the only enterprise in the world that has all the industrial chains of silver nanowires. It is mainly engaged in three major sectors, and has established the entire industrial chain from materials, products and machines.

The flexible touch screen has great potential in the market, from smart phone with curved surface display to smart watch with parcel display screen, to folding display screen and curling tablet computer and PC, which will bring large scale application of silver nanowire.

It is understood that the company's module products customers include a number of high-tech enterprises and home appliances at home and abroad, such as Alibaba, millet, HUAWEI, LG, Hisense, TCL and so on. He said that the company's revenue has exploded in a short span of several years. "Revenue in 2016 was about 3 million 500 thousand yuan, and it was 43 million in 2018. It maintained an average annual growth rate of 3 times. It is expected that revenue in 2022 will reach 2 billion yuan."