David Savastano, Editor12.15.20
For young innovative companies, the automotive market is one of the hardest businesses to enter. The time from product idea to actual production can take many years. Automotive companies have rigorous testing standards, as people expect their cars to be safe and to last for many years.
These challenges make the successes of IEE that much more impressive. Founded in 1989 in Luxembourg, IEE developed printed sensors based on force sensing resistor technology for industrial and medical applications. Then a rare chance to enter the automotive market came in the early 1990s; IEE seized the opportunity and has never let go.
IEE CTO Alain Schumacher said that automotive companies considered IEE’s sensing technology because of insurance companies looking for ways to cut costs on car repairs.
“Insurance companies in Germany told vehicle manufacturers they needed a system to prevent airbag deployment if no one was in the passenger seat,&rd
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