Micronas performed well in a demanding market environment in 2013. Despite the persistent weakness of the yen and continuing volatility in the car industry, the Company was able to strengthen its leading position in the market for Hall sensors used in automotive electronics.
By the installation of a combined heat and power (CHP) unit, Micronas trusts in alternative energy generation, and at the same time, reduces its operational costs. This investment is another clear commitment to the production site Freiburg.
The Career Fair on campus of the University Furtwangen offers twice a year students and graduates the opportunity to make personal contacts with companies - for example with Micronas who must not be missing.
The Automotive Suppliers' Day Baden-Wuerttemberg is an established meeting place for many years in the automotive branche. The event will take place on 12 November 2013 at the Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart.
Micronas Group’s consolidated net sales increased to CHF 39.0 million in the third quarter of 2013. For the first nine months of 2013 the Company achieved sales of CHF 114.5 million, compared with CHF 130.3 million for the equivalent period of 2012. The main reason for this decline is the continuing weakness of the Japanese yen.
"Thanks to consistent implementation of product quality standards, close collaboration with our customers and continuous innovation, Micronas is in a leading global position," says Matthias Bopp, CEO of Micronas.
With the TO92UP package, Micronas has developed an AEC-Q100 qualified leaded package with a surface of only 29 mm2 and thus offers a new attractive package for its Hall-effect sensors
With the HAL® 83x family Micronas enlarges its portfolio of the successful Linear Hall-effect sensors HAL 8xy and offers a solution especially tailored for the detection of low magnetic field strengths together with increased measurement accuracy and improved ESD protection.
Micronas saw its positive performance continue in the 2012 financial year, with sales and earnings both up on 2011, especially in the Automotive division.
The first derivatives HAL 2420 and HAL 2425 of the HAL 24xy sensor family allow the measurement of larger distances with smaller magnets, providing substantial cost benefits when used in sophisticated and demanding automotive and industrial applications.
Micronas (SIX Swiss Exchange: MASN) will present the latest generation of Micronas gas sensors based on the pioneering mySENS technology at this year’s Sensor+Test trade show in Nuremberg.
Micronas increases net sales and operating profit in first quarter and started 2012 with a successful first quarter, continuing the positive trend set in the previous year.
Micronas (SIX Swiss Exchange: MASN) is announcing today that Dirk Behrens is taking over as Head of the Automotive division of Micronas Group with immediate effect. Klaus Heberle, the previous Head of Automotive, takes charge of the newly established Innovation Center as Chief Innovation Officer.
