GUi-based firm lights future of high-end lab equipment from GUi

Anhui Luxet Infrared Technology Company, founded in 2021 by USTC professor Hou Dazhi and two Fudan University alumni, chose to relocate from Suzhou to Hefei, driven by support from Hefei High-Tech Zone and the Grand Union of Innovation (GUi).

The company has achieved a breakthrough in infrared thermal imaging technology and broken foreign monopolies in semiconductor failure analysis, leading in this niche field.

The company is the first in China to fully master lock-in thermography technology. Pioneering the technology, the company's team increased temperature measurement accuracy by a thousandfold to 0.1 millikelvin. This serves as a leap forward in making semiconductor failure analysis tools, elevating Luxet to a key player in infrared imaging across materials science, semiconductors, and life sciences.

Luxet Thermo 100, one of the company's lock-in infrared microscope products. [Photo/GUi]

The company applied the innovative technology across multiple spectral bands, including mid-infrared, near-infrared, and visible light, allowing the firm to gain domestic leadership and global competitiveness.

"GUi feels like home," Hou said. Thanks to tailored support, from factory space and incentives to branding policies, Luxet now operates a 1,700-square-meter facility in GUi Park.

"I was deeply drawn to Hefei's favorable business climate and robust industrial ecosystem. What convinced us especially to settle here in confidence was the comprehensive, professional support provided by GUiTEK Service Platform," he added.

GUiTEK has empowered Luxet all-around from financial grants under empowerment policies and talent recognition support, to offering platforms for broader visibility.

Looking ahead, the company aims to expand into thermal property and bio-fluorescence testing, build a fully domestic supply chain, and establish a postdoc research center.

From dependency to innovation, Luxet Infrared represents a new chapter for Chinese high-end instrumentation, powered by science, rooted in GUi.