VTI Hamlin opens world's largest silicon micromachined sensor manufacture facility

17 Jun 2002

VTI Hamlin (Vantaa, Finland) has opened the world's largest facility dedicated exclusively to silicon micromachined sensor manufacturing. The 11,700 square meter plant in Helsinki will provide expanded capacity for VTI Hamlin's production requirements for micromachined silicon capacitive sensors and accelerometers for anti-lock braking systems and stability management systems. The FAB 2 plant is equipped to produce 10 million acceleration, pressure, or yaw rate-sensing elements annual with expansion capacity for up to 50 million sensing elements a year.