The "2025 IC Ranking" was announced, and Steway won the two awards of "Annual Leader" and "Annual Excellent Innovative Product"
On December 14, 2024, the "2025 Semiconductor Investment Annual Meeting and IC Ranking Award Ceremony" sponsored by Semiconductor Investment Alliance and hosted by Aijiwei was successfully held in Shanghai · Shanghai Center. Steway (Shanghai) Electronic Technology Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as: Steway) won the "Annual Leading Enterprise Award", and the super starlight series 4MP image sensor SC485SL launched by Steway won the "Annual Excellent Innovative Product Award".
Smart Sens Technology (referred to as: Smart SENS) is a high-tech enterprise engaged in the research and development, design and sales of CMOS image sensor chip products, headquartered in Shanghai, China, with R & D centers in many cities and countries. With the improvement of the level of CMOS image sensor technology, the emergence of emerging application scenarios and the outbreak of AI applications, the demand for high-performance perception continues to grow, and the overall shipment and sales of CMOS image sensors continue to expand. According to YOLE statistics, the global CIS market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.7% from $21.8 billion in 2023 to $28.6 billion in 2029.
Since its establishment, Steway has always focused on the innovation and research and development of high-end imaging technology, and has been recognized and favored by many customers with its own performance advantages. As a CMOS image sensor product enterprise committed to providing multi-scenario applications and full performance coverage, the company's products have covered the full performance requirements of multi-scenario applications such as security monitoring, smart phones, vehicle electronics, and machine vision. Over the years, with the industry's cutting-edge intelligent imaging technology, Steway has not only improved the application effect of products in many fields, but also won the recognition and favor of many large customers at home and abroad, but also accumulated a large number of small and medium-sized customer groups as a support, forming a strong customer resource system, showing a strong market competitiveness.
In recent years, the company has continuously increased R&D investment, of which, the total R&D investment in the first half of 2024 was 199 million yuan, an increase of 41.09%, and the total R&D cost in the first three quarters was 321 million yuan, an increase of 50.11%, and continued to dig deep into the customer needs of emerging image sensor applications such as smart security, smart phones, and automotive electronics. The operating income of Steway in the first three quarters of 2024 reached 4.208 billion yuan, an increase of 137.33% over the same period last year, and the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 273 million yuan, an increase of 333 million yuan.
According to industry analysis data, as of the first half of 2024, Steway has a market share of more than 50% in the security field and ranks first in global shipments; In the automotive sector, shipments ranked among the world's top four; In the field of mobile phones, shipments jumped to the top five in the world, becoming the first echelon of mobile phone CIS manufacturers. With the company's outstanding performance in technology research and development, market expansion and product diversification, Steway has an excellent industry-leading role.
In the future, on the basis of maintaining the existing advantages and strengths in security, mobile phones, vehicle and other fields, STV will continue to strengthen its overall strength, increase research and development investment, and explore more diverse CIS applications in emerging fields, such as professional imaging, medical treatment and so on. Steway will change from a single CIS chip company to a more diversified business direction, in addition to the existing subsidiary Feilin Micro, there will be more new innovative strategic deployment in the future.
Steway said that the company will uphold the vision of "cutting-edge intelligent imaging technology, so that people can better see and understand the world", take customer needs as the core driving force, continue to promote the upgrading of cutting-edge imaging technology, expand product application areas, and work with partners to promote the deepening development of future intelligent imaging technology.
