Safran Sensing Technologies Norway
Safran Sensing Technologies Norway AS (formerly Sensonor AS) is a Norwegian producer and developer of high precision and light-weight MEMS gyros and IMUs, and also offers foundry services in its wafer fab. The company has 63 employees and is localised in Vestfold, Norway, with offices and fabs in Horten (front end) and at Skoppum (back end and calibration). There is also a US subsidiary, Sensonor North America LLC, with offices in Orlando, FL. The CEO is Valérie Redron. As of 1 October 2021, Sensonor is a fully owned subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense. On 21 April 2022, the company changed its name to Safran Sensing Technologies Norway AS. Business The main product of Sensonor has long been MEMS manufactured pressure sensors, gyros and inertialŔ measurement systems. The company has focused on MEMS gyros since 2009, and the main product line consists of gyros (STIM2xx product line), and IMU (STIM3xx product line), which both include hermetic versions for space applications. Since 2019, Sensonor has also offered foundry services in its wafer fab. History The company was first established in Horten in 1985, founded on knowledge and research from Akers Electronics. In the 1990s Sensonor had international success with SA20, a