Hymson (海目星, Hymson Laser Technology Group Co., Ltd.) is a laser application technology company headquartered in Shenzhen. It entered the secondary battery equipment market in 2015 with laser tab notching (极耳切) equipment and has since built full-line supply capability spanning electrode to assembly.
1. Company Overview
- Company Name: Hymson Laser Technology Group Co., Ltd. (海目星激光科技集团股份有限公司), Stock Code 688559 (Shanghai STAR Market)
- Founded/History: Entered secondary battery smart manufacturing equipment in 2015 with laser tab-notching equipment
- Headquarters: Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
- Listed: Listed on the STAR Market on September 9, 2020 (IPO price RMB 15/share, registered capital RMB 248 million)
- Business: Laser equipment for secondary batteries, 3C consumer electronics, solar photovoltaics, and medical applications
2. History and Workforce
The company entered the secondary battery smart manufacturing equipment market in 2015 with laser tab-notching equipment, and is introduced as the first domestic mass-production-grade laser tab-notching equipment company to pass verification by major battery customers that same year. Over 10 years it expanded into upstream and downstream processes, raising the equipment value share within a single line from an initial 10% to over 70%.
The company operates four major business segments — power battery, 3C consumer electronics, solar photovoltaic, and medical laser — and its annual report states it has achieved results in overseas market expansion since 2024.
3. Core Technology and Key Equipment
High-speed laser sheet-forming machines (制片机), high-speed laser cleaning machines, and high-speed winders are its core front-end equipment, and it also supplies mid-to-back-end equipment such as cell assembly lines and cell drying systems. It has full-line solutions covering prismatic, cylindrical, all-solid-state, and other cell formats.
- High-speed laser tab-notching / sheet-forming machines (制片机) — market-leading product
- High-speed laser cleaning machines
- High-speed winders, cell mounting lines, cell drying systems
- Coating, roll-pressing, and high-speed laser cutting machines (front-end 3-equipment set)
- High-speed laser scoring machines (80 m/min, over 50 units delivered cumulatively)
4. Production Infrastructure and Quality Assurance
Centered on its Shenzhen headquarters, the company is expanding into businesses such as precision laser processing equipment for solar photovoltaics. Detailed factory floor area and capacity figures are (undisclosed).
5. Delivery Track Record and Partnerships
The company states it maintains long-term cooperative relationships with CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology), CALB (中创新航), EVE Energy’s affiliate Envision Power (远景动力), EVE Energy (亿纬锂能), REPT Battero (瑞浦兰钧), Sunwoda (欣旺达), Volkswagen, and Tesla.
6. Financial Status and Roadmap
As a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market (688559), its annual reports are publicly available. Individual revenue and profit figures are not arbitrarily presented in this profile.
The company is developing solar laser equipment under a multi-technology parallel system covering TOPCon, xBC, HJT, and perovskite, and is also diversifying into the medical laser field with technologies such as high-power tunable-wavelength mid-infrared femtosecond lasers.
This profile was compiled based on publicly available sources including the Shanghai Securities News (上海证券报), the 2024 Annual Report (public disclosure), and the company’s official website (hymson.com). Unverified figures and undisclosed information have not been arbitrarily included.