New Degree Technology

Shenzhen New Degree Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in April 2011. It is a Sino-foreign joint venture headquartered in Shenzhen, China, and a high-tech company focusing on flexible pressure sensing technology.

Founder Li Hao graduated from the University of Maryland with a Ph.D. in Materials Science. He previously served as Principal Staff Engineer at Motorola Inc. Central R&D Department and holds 22 U.S. patents, with more than 30 papers published in journals such as Science, PRL, APL, PRB, and JAP. In 2002, he received the Frost & Sullivan Annual Technology Award; in 2007, the Outstanding Paper Award at ASID 2007, the Asian Display Conference; and in 2009, the Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award.

New Degree Technology has a high-quality technical team of more than 80 people, of whom 43% hold master's or doctoral degrees, and annual R&D investment has remained at around 20%. Its current workplace covers 7,000 square meters, including a 3,000-square-meter cleanroom, and it has passed ISO9001:2015 certification.

New Degree Technology has now achieved commercial implementation of a diversified product line of flexible pressure touch technology. In addition to continuously providing the market with the Mobile smartphone product line supporting pressure-sensitive smart interaction on mobile phones, which has been adopted by brand customers such as Huawei, Google, vivo, and Xiaomi, it has also launched the Wearable product line for TWS earphones and smart bands, adopted commercially by brands such as Huawei, ZMI, and ByteDance, as well as the Measurable force measurement product line supporting applications such as laptop pressure touchpads and pressure pens. New Degree Technology's flexible pressure touch solutions can broadly support a wide range of application fields including consumer electronics, wearable devices, home appliances, medical care, and security monitoring, with a market capacity exceeding tens of billions, providing the market and end users with multifunctional, natural touch interaction methods, bringing differentiated product value while delivering more simple and convenient operating experiences for end users.

As a high-tech company focusing on flexible pressure sensing touch technology, New Degree will always be committed to providing customers with one-stop pressure sensing solutions that are high-performance, highly reliable, differentiation-enabling, and easy to integrate, creating unique value for global customers and end consumers while driving market innovation.

Major honors:
2013, selected as a "Key Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurship Team";
2014, received the CES Design and Engineering Innovation Award;
2015, Li Hao was listed in Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business in China 2016";
2016, passed the "National High-tech Enterprise Certification";
2016, selected as one of China's "Top 50 Innovative Companies" and "Top 50 Enterprises with Investment Value," and passed "National High-tech Enterprise" certification;
2017, again selected as one of China's "Top 50 Innovative Companies" and "Top 50 Enterprises with Investment Value";
2018, the edge touch pressure sensor PT048 was selected as a "2018 Sensor of the Year," and the company was selected as one of Fast Company's "Global Innovative Companies" Top 10 in China;
2019, selected as an "Outstanding Contributing Enterprise" for the 25th anniversary of China's Overseas Students Pioneer Park;
2020, selected as one of the "Greater Bay Area (GBA) Innovative Companies: Top 30 in Technology and Manufacturing";
2021, awarded the qualification of "Guangdong Provincial Pressure Sensor Engineering Technology Research Center";
2023, awarded Shenzhen Specialized, Refined, Distinctive, and Innovative SME certification;
2024, awarded the title of Specialized, Refined, Distinctive, and Innovative "Little Giant."