Automotive Solutions

VTI is the market leading manufacturer and supplier of sensitive (low-g) acceleration and inclination sensors to the global automotive industry. The company is a pioneer in the active application of silicon sensor technology to road safety.

VTI's strong market position is based on more than 20 years’ experience of developing, manufacturing and marketing silicon-based capacitive acceleration and pressure sensors. Strengths of the company include product development starting with in-house silicon sensor element design, custom ASIC development and application specific packaging, ending with complete calibrated and tested sensors.

The company's own process development and high volume mass production carried out in according to the automotive quality requirements (TS16969 and ISO 14100 certified) have been essential contributions to VTI’s good reputation as a high quality supplier. Reliability and quality are increasingly emphasized in active safety solutions, such as Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and in Anti-lock Braking System (ABS).

Applications related products

The existing and potential future applications of low-g and pressure sensors are wide. Some of them are already used in high volume production and others are proposed as concepts for new applications or as replacements for existing applications.