Industry MEMS Website www.muratamems.fi Founded 1991, Vantaa, Finland | Revenue 89 million Euro (2011) Headquarters Vantaa, Finland Number of employees 700 (2011) | |
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Type Subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Products Accelerometers, Pressure sensors CEO Shinji Ushiro (1 Jun 2012–) Parent organization Murata Electronics Europe B.V. | ||
Murata Electronics Oy is a Finnish company (previously called VTI Technologies Oy) that designs and manufactures silicon-based capacitive sensors for the measurement of acceleration, pressure, inclination, shock, vibration and angular rate. All sensors are based on the company’s proprietary 3D MEMS technology. In 2012, VTI Technologies was acquired by the Japanese Murata Manufacturing group, and changed its name to Murata Electronics Oy.
Products and applications
Product range includes MEMS accelerometers, inclinometers, gyroscopes and pressure sensor elements. Typical uses of these products in automotive applications include electronic stability control (ESC), hill-start assist (HSA), antilock braking system (ABS), car alarms and navigation. Medical applications include use in pacemakers and implantable defibrillators (ICD). They are also used in instrumentation for transport, and in consumer electronics.