NAURA (北方华创, NAURA Technology Group Co., Ltd.) is China’s largest semiconductor equipment maker, headquartered in Beijing, and also produces electrode-process equipment through its New Energy Lithium Battery division.
1. Company Overview
- Company Name: NAURA Technology Group Co., Ltd. (北方华创科技集团股份有限公司), Stock Code 002371 (Shenzhen Stock Exchange)
- Founded: September 2001 — established through the strategic restructuring of Sevenstar Electronics and Beifang Microelectronics
- Headquarters: Beijing, China
- Listed on the Shenzhen ChiNext board in March 2010
- Business: Four segments — semiconductor equipment, vacuum equipment, new-energy lithium battery equipment, and precision electronic components
2. History and Workforce
The company’s origins trace to Sevenstar Electronics, founded in 2001 under the lead of the state-owned Beijing Electronics Holding, which was later strategically restructured together with Beifang Microelectronics into the company’s current name. It listed on the Shenzhen ChiNext board in March 2010, and has since grown into a core participant in the domestic localization of semiconductor process equipment (etching, thin-film deposition, etc.), while also entering the battery front-end equipment market through its New Energy Lithium Battery division.
The company operates four business segments — semiconductor equipment, vacuum equipment, new-energy lithium battery equipment, and precision electronic components — with four industrial manufacturing bases and a sales/service network spanning Europe, the Americas, and Asia. As of 2023, it had approximately 12,010 employees.
3. Core Technology and Key Equipment
Through its New Energy Lithium Battery division, the company supplies equipment spanning the full electrode-to-back-end process, including mixers, coaters, slitters, calenders, winders, stackers, battery pack production lines, and energy storage cabinets.
- Lithium battery mixer series
- Lithium battery coater series
- Lithium battery slitter and calender series
- Winders, stackers, and battery pack production lines
- PECVD, LPCVD, and diffusion furnaces for TOPCon solar cells (semiconductor technology application)
4. Production Infrastructure and Quality Assurance
Headquartered in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, the company operates four industrial manufacturing bases. Detailed factory floor area and capacity figures specific to the lithium battery division are (undisclosed).
5. Delivery Track Record and Partnerships
In its core semiconductor equipment business, the company is known as a key supplier for domestic integrated-circuit localization. Individual customer names and contract details for the lithium battery division are (undisclosed).
6. Financial Status and Roadmap
As of 2023, the company reported revenue of RMB 22.08 billion, net profit of RMB 4.03 billion, and total assets of RMB 53.63 billion (per public disclosures). These are company-wide figures; the lithium battery division’s standalone figures are not separately disclosed.
The company continues developing core equipment (etching, thin-film deposition) in response to the semiconductor localization trend, while expanding its TOPCon solar cell equipment and lithium battery front-end equipment lineups in parallel.
This profile was compiled based on publicly available sources including Wikipedia (English), Baidu Baike, the company’s official website (naura.com), and Zhihu. Unverified figures and undisclosed information have not been arbitrarily included.