Aiming to provide technology and customer support, transducer manufacturer LEM has launched new R&D centres in Munich and Shanghai to meet the rising demand, focusing on integrated circuit designing.
LEM, a Switzerland-based company specialising in electrical measurement technology, has recently opened new R&D centres in Munich, Germany and Shanghai, China in response to the growing global demand for current and voltage sensing.
The company noted that this demand growth has been driven by decarbonisation and electrification efforts worldwide. LEM hopes that the new facilities will help to enhance sensor intelligence and better support customers by improving collaboration and the exchange of product design information.
However, the company has not disclosed any financial information of these ventures.
The Shanghai site will be equipped with advanced laboratory tools, while the Munich centre will focus on designing application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and semiconductor technologies. As the company states, these efforts aim to accelerate LEM’s integrated current sensors (ICSs).
The Munich team, led by Matthias Tänzer, will work closely with LEM’s existing ICS team in Geneva. Initially employing only ten people, the number is expected to grow soon. Meanwhile, the Shanghai facility, which covers 1400 square metres and currently houses 30 staff, is also set for expansion, particularly in R&D activities.
Meanwhile, LEM has also invested in an advanced manufacturing facility in Penang, Malaysia. The site mainly focuses on ASIC technology and semiconductor design.
LEM highlighted that its business expansion in Europe and Asia represents a ‘strategy’ to boost operations and customer service globally with modern production facilities and a skilled workforce.
