"Science and Innovation Board Daily" October 27th passive components major manufacturers announced today that will acquire the Telemecanique Sensors of France for 686 million euros (approximately 4.977 billion yuan) of cash, and is expected to complete the delivery in the first half of next year.
Public information shows that Telemecanique is a global professional supplier of sensors. The company has more than 25,000 sensors, including limit switches, pressure switches, , photoelectric, ultrasonic , inductors and capacitors, electronic sensors, mainly focusing on the advanced markets in North America and Europe. In 2021, its revenue was US$330 million (approximately RMB 2.379 billion).
Guoju said that Telemecanique has long focused on the B2B field and has advantages in advanced product portfolios. Through this acquisition, Guoju will further expand and deepen its close relationship with global industrial and regulatory customers.
It is worth noting that 's acquisition case is the second acquisition case of sensor this month by Guoju.
Just on October 11, Guoju just announced with Germany's Heraeus that the two parties have reached a final agreement. The former will acquire the Heraeus high-end temperature sensor division in cash. The estimated total transaction amount is approximately 79.4 million euros (approximately 577 million yuan) and the transaction will be completed in the first half of 2023.
two superimposed, Guoju's expenditure on two acquisitions has exceeded 5.55 billion yuan . Why is
aiming at the sensor field?
Guoju Chairman Chen Taiming pointed out that is a fast moving towards an intelligent world, sensors are an indispensable part of , which is also one of the key directions for the company's future sustainable development.
: In terms of the merger and acquisition of Heraeus' temperature sensor business unit, it is highly complementary to Guoju products and customers, especially in the automotive and industrial fields, and will be the key driving force for future growth. After the merger is completed, Guoju sensor business revenue is expected to exceed US$600 million, with a revenue proportion of 14%.
As Chen Taiming said, now as intelligence in all walks of life continues to advance, the importance of sensors is becoming increasingly prominent. As a detection device, the sensor is the primary link in realizing automatic detection and automatic control. It can compare facial features and process various analog signals in nature.
Nowadays, from the Internet of Things to autonomous driving, to robots, all of them are inseparable from the help of sensors.
Take robots as an example. According to different detection objects, robot sensor can be divided into internal sensors and external sensors:
Internal sensors include position sensors, velocity and acceleration sensors , force sensors, attitude sensors , etc., which are used to sense the state of the robot itself; external sensors mainly include tactile sensors , vision sensors , proximity sensors, auditory sensors, olfactory sensors, etc., which are used to detect the external environment in which the robot is located.
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Under the continuous promotion of demand and policies of various countries, the global smart sensor industry market size has maintained steady improvement.
data display. In 2021, the global smart sensor market size has reached 260.77 billion yuan, of which the smart sensor market size in China reached 105.76 billion yuan. Toubao Research Institute predicts that the scale of China's smart sensor market will grow to 161.09 billion yuan in 2026, with an annual compound growth rate of 8.8%.
