On March 21, SZXL Materials Technology (002341.SZ) issued an announcement saying that the proposal to invest in a new pressure touch material project had been considered and approved at the 43rd meeting of the fourth board of directors of the company. The total investment of the project is about 80 million yuan. It is mainly used in smartphone screens. Force Touch Sensor with pressure touch function can be used in smartphone home keys, edge touch and full screen. Force Touch Sensor's main core raw materials are currently from Japan and South Korea. After being assembled into the Force Touch module with the chip and feedback part, it is integrated into the display module by the display module manufacturer.
SZXL Technology stated that the company plans to set up "XHL Touch Technology Co., Ltd." with its partners, and to use the company as the main investment to construct a pressure touch material project. The project intends to produce a Force Touch Sensor with pressure-touch function for use in smartphone screens, corresponding to a full production capacity of 3 million pieces / month (each piece corresponds to the use of one Home key position, and 1.66 pieces corresponds to one edge The amount of touch, 5 tablets corresponds to the amount of 1 full screen).
The announcement shows that Force Touch is also called 3Dtouch or Clear Force. Chinese is pressure touch or pressure sensing. The working principle is to generate a certain inductive pressure by pressing to change the Force Touch Sensor, causing the electrical data to change. Finally, different instructions are achieved through different pressure values. The product was developed in the early stage and applied to the Apple Watch to realize the Home button function. It was gradually promoted in smartphones. The major Force Touch Sensor suppliers currently include Korea ELK and Japan Nippon.
SZXL Technology said that the company's investment in pressure-touch materials projects is planned to cooperate with Toray Co., Ltd. of Japan and Hiel International of South Korea. Toray of Japan provides the core raw material of this product-elastomers, and will cooperate with the project company to develop the next generation Products, South Korea Hiel is responsible for the design and selection of production equipment. From 2017 to 2018, full-screen mobile phones quickly occupied the market. In 2019, full-screen will still be the mainstream development direction and the focus of competition among manufacturers. The use of full-screen will greatly promote the development of Force Touch functions. The company invested in the project this time. It plans to introduce mature foreign technologies and products into the country and provide domestic products for domestic mobile phone manufacturers. At the same time, through this project, it has established a strategic partnership with Toray Japan to integrate its new material development. Ability to develop thinner, more flexible, and more precise Force Touch Sensors for domestic customers.