History

2011

◉Started researching Flexwarm thick film technology

2016

◉Won gold medal in National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

◉Won German iF Design Award

◉Finalized thick film technology with 130+ patents

◉Guangdong Flexwarm Advanced Materials & Technology Co. Ltd. was officially established

2017

◉The first smart heating belt was successfully invented by Flexwarm

◉Won German Red Dot Design Award

2018

◉Byron Huang, the founder gave a speech on TED TALK with the theme “Bay-Area Manufacturing”

◉A smart wearable laboratory was co-constructed with South China University of Technology

◉Completed R&D on e-cigarettes and floor heating technology

◉Became a key military-civilian enterprise

2019

◉Thick film technology was successfully applied on small household appliances

◉The first smart heating scarf was invented and became the best-selling product online

◉Became the core supplier on communication chips for HuaWei

◉Sales exceeded 15 million US dollars

◉Achieved 290+ global patents

2020

◉the founder Byron Huang, Appointed External Master's Supervisor at South China University of Technology

2021

◉Flexwarm entered new energy vehicles and electric floor heating industries with innovated technologies

Publications to Date

◉2021 - Published the paper "Mechanical Sensor Based on Serial Carbon Fiber Bundles with Cascaded Amplification Effect" in IEEE Sensors Journal.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3083674

◉2021 - Published the paper "Fiber-Knot Structured Directional Bending Sensor" in npj Flexible Electronics.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41528-021-00102-2

◉2021 - Published the paper "Portable Three-Channel Pulse Data Acquisition System for Traditional Chinese Medicine" in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2021.112669

◉2022 - Published the paper "Ultrathin Carbon Fiber Beam-Based Air Pressure Sensor for High-Speed Train Aerodynamic Measurement" in Advanced Engineering Materials.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101781

◉2023 - Published the paper "Carbon Fiber Cascaded Structure-Based Bending Sensor for Human Motion Digitization" in Advanced Intelligent Systems.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202200337

◉2023 - Published the paper "Portable Smart Insole System Based on Carbon Fiber for Plantar Pressure Mapping" in Advanced Materials Technologies.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202300095

◉2023 - Published the paper "Smart Bionic Finger Equipped with a Tactile Feedback System for Subsurface Tactile Tomography" in Cell Reports Physical Science.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101257

◉2025 - Published the paper "Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensor Based on High-Dielectric-Constant Composite Materials" in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ta06800b

◉2026 - Published the paper "A Novel Mechanical Principle-Based Tactile Tomography System for Internal Three-Dimensional Imaging" in Measurement.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2026.120300