[Edaily Reporter Shin Ha-yeon ] UNI CHEM.CO.,LTD(011330)hit its daily price limit following news that the company is entering the electronic skin market for humanoid robots through its acquisition of U.S.-based flexible electronics firm Lumia Technologies.

According to MP Doctor on the 6th, as of 9:06 a.m., UNI CHEM.CO.,LTD is trading at 4,550 won, up 30.00% from the previous trading day.

UNI CHEM.CO.,LTD announced the previous day that it had decided to acquire 100% of the shares in Lumia, a deep-tech flexible electronics company headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The acquisition price is 8.574 billion won, equivalent to 6.48% of its equity. The company plans to acquire the shares through a combination of cash, treasury stock, and performance-based convertible bonds (CBs).

Lumia is a company that holds the core technology for “LEL,” an ultra-thin electronic circuit structure that allows electronic circuits to be embedded within leather or fabric. UNI CHEM.CO.,LTD plans to expand its business scope to include smart automotive interior materials, tactile sensors for humanoid robots, and electronic skin by combining its own natural leather and industrial material processing technologies with Lumia’s flexible electronics technology.

Lumia is also a member of “HAND ERC,” a robot tactile sensing consortium whose industrial members include Meta and Amazon Robotics. Following the acquisition, UNI CHEM.CO.,LTD intends to pursue the development of large-area electronic skin that covers not only robotic hands and grippers but the entire robotic exoskeleton.

Lumia is also pursuing mass production in the automotive sector. Through Sabelt, a global automotive seat and parts manufacturer, it has been selected as a supplier of seat heating systems for the Volkswagen Group’s Ecosystem vehicle program and plans to provide seat heating solutions that are thinner and more flexible than conventional heating wires.

UNI CHEM.CO.,LTD also plans to expand Lumia’s flexible heating and sensing technologies into medical thermal devices, rehabilitation equipment, wearable devices, and thermal management for AI data centers. The company envisions using this acquisition as an opportunity to transition from a manufacturer of automotive interior materials to a smart materials platform company for future mobility and humanoid robots.