News: Zhenli New Materials won the 2024 "Future Star" Enterprise Award from Shanghai Jiao Tong University

1. 2024 Jiaotong University Entrepreneurs Conference

On October 18, 2024, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Hanyuan Asset Management, and Jiao Tong University Venture Capital Association jointly held the 2024 Jiao Tong University Entrepreneurs (Autumn) Conference with the theme of "Paying Tribute to Scientists, Walking with Scientists". This conference is committed to gathering the "teacher circle", "alumni circle" and "friend circle" of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in the field of innovation, entrepreneurship and venture capital to the greatest extent. Through targeted invitations and open registration, nearly 300 representatives of innovative and entrepreneurial enterprises, investment institutions, and government representatives of Jiao Tong University were invited to discuss topics around innovation, entrepreneurship, and venture capital.

Yang Zhenbin, Party Secretary of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Yang Zhenyu, Founding Managing Partner of Hanyuan Asset, attended the conference and delivered speeches. Also attending the conference on the day were Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director of the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Academician Zhang Jie, Founding Partner of Oriza Puhua, Chen Datong, Founding Partner of F&G Capital, and other outstanding alumni of Shanghai Jiao Tong University from the fields of innovation, entrepreneurship, and venture capital.

Photo: Yang Zhenbin, Party Secretary of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, delivering a speech

Since the 2021 Jiaotong University Entrepreneur Conference was held, the "Jiaotong University Entrepreneur Conference" has become the largest event in the field of entrepreneurship, innovation, and venture capital within the Jiaotong University system. According to incomplete statistics, the market value of the companies of Jiaotong University alumni who have participated in the conference over the years has exceeded one trillion yuan; and the funds managed by alumni from the venture capital and investment fields have also exceeded one trillion yuan.

Dr. Gao Jie, co-founder and deputy general manager of Zhenli New Materials, was invited to attend the Jiaotong University Entrepreneurs Conference, where he shared the technological breakthroughs and industrialization progress of magnetron sputtering one-step composite current collectors.

As a typical representative of the implementation of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhenli New Materials has independently mastered the core theories and key technologies of high-speed and low-temperature magnetron sputtering technology, achieving a breakthrough from 0 to 1; in response to industry needs, it has developed the country's first one-step magnetron sputtering ultra-thin composite copper foil, and established an industrialization platform in Suzhou Industrial Park, and developed my country's first composite current collector high-speed and low-temperature magnetron sputtering one-step dry equipment, achieving a leap from 1 to 10.

Figure: Dr. Gao Jie, co-founder and deputy general manager of Zhenli New Materials, delivered a keynote speech

After the selection, Zhenli New Materials won the Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2024 "Future Star" Enterprise Award for its outstanding performance in various indicators such as technological leadership, capital recognition, industry influence, and team strength.

Zhenli New Materials' current main products are composite current collectors. Based on the team's nearly 20 years of technological accumulation, it has formed three major advantages: flexible ultra-thin substrate high-speed low-temperature magnetron sputtering technology, cross-scale high-throughput material forward development technology, and coating microstructure directional control technology. These advantages have effectively solved the industry's bottleneck problems of insufficient product density, weak bonding force, and poor conductivity, and have been widely recognized by customers.

Zhenli New Materials focuses on high-performance and low-cost magnetron sputtering technology for coatings, anchors the new energy market, and conducts research and development and production around key lithium battery materials such as composite current collectors, copper-aluminum composite foils, and vacuum lithium-replenishing negative electrodes. It is committed to providing customers with high-quality, low-cost, customized solutions.

In the future, Zhenli New Materials will continue to delve into the core technology of coating preparation, continue to promote cost reduction and efficiency improvement of composite current collectors, and continue to explore the application expansion of related key components, and put into practice "breaking through customer expectations with innovation and creating a green future with excellence."