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With the development of technologies such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, sensors seem to be everywhere. They are widely used in various fields such as industry, transportation, national defense, and scientific research. The McKinsey report pointed out that by 2025, the economic benefits brought by the Internet of Things will be between 2.7 trillion and 6.2 trillion US dollars. Among them, sensors, as the most important data collection entrance of the Internet of Things technology, will usher in a broad space for development.

According to statistics , there are more than 1,700 companies engaged in sensor production and R&D in China, of which more than 50 are engaged in microsystem development and production. At present, the largest proportion of sensor applications in China is in the industrial field, and the fastest growing are automotive electronics and communication electronics application markets.

In the field of industrial automation, sensors, as the sense of touch of machinery, are the primary link in realizing industrial automatic detection and automatic control. Compared with civilian fields such as consumer electronics , the industrial environment has higher requirements for sensors, and puts forward more stringent requirements in terms of accuracy, stability, vibration resistance and impact resistance.

To ensure zero error in industrial control, sensors must not only achieve real-time communication but also be sufficiently accurate. Sensors are used in different industrial fields, and have different personalized requirements for the temperature, humidity, and pH they can withstand. Power consumption and size are also strictly limited.

Industrial sensors not only have demanding performance indicators, but also have a wide variety of types. In terms of function, industrial sensors are divided into different categories, such as photoelectric, thermal, gas, force, magnetic, acoustic, and humidity sensors.

It is estimated that in 2020, the scale of my country's sensor market will exceed 180 billion yuan. Sensor manufacturers concentrated in the Yangtze River Delta region have gradually dispersed and expanded, forming a regional spatial layout dominated by central cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Shenyang and Xi'an. So, in the face of a promising market prospect, what new opportunities will sensors have? Looking at these industries, or creating new hot spots?

With the increasing popularity of electronic consumer products, electronic enthusiasts have been eager for new products, which has led to the gradual expansion of the electronic manufacturing market . In order to meet market demand, the electronic manufacturing industry has applied industrial sensors in large quantities to comprehensively improve overall production capacity. In the production line of electronic manufacturing, whether it is robot assembly or electronic component inspection, it is inseparable from the application of visual sensing equipment.

Artificial intelligence has become a trend in recent years. In order to improve the adaptability of robots and detect the working environment in time, a large number of sensor devices are applied to robots. These sensors improve the working conditions of robots and enable them to complete complex tasks more fully. On a robot, tactile sensors, visual sensors, force sensors, proximity sensors, ultrasonic sensors, auditory sensors, and even safety sensors are integrated.

With the rapid growth of automobile sales in my country, the application of sensors has also grown rapidly. Miniaturized, multifunctional, integrated and intelligent sensors will gradually replace traditional sensors and become the mainstream of automobile sensors. In addition, in the process of automobile production automation, the position detection of parts has become an important part of sensor application and the part with the highest requirements for sensors.

Food safety issues are becoming increasingly prominent. my country is paying more and more attention to food safety, so it has put forward refined requirements for food testing technology. In food testing technology, sensors play an important role and are very helpful for collecting data such as food temperature and location. The application of sensors not only increases food production, but also ensures food safety.

In addition to the above-mentioned fields, sensors also have broad application space in smart agriculture, smart transportation, smart buildings, smart environmental protection, smart grids, health care, smart wearables and other fields.

With the deepening of the concept of "Industry 4.0", the global sensor market space has been expanded again. It is predicted that the compound annual growth rate of sensors from 2016 to 2021 is expected to be 11%, and the market size will reach US$190.6 billion by 2021.

At present, the global sensor market is mainly dominated by several leading companies in the United States, Japan and Germany. Traditional electronics industry giants such as Bosch, Honeywell, Freescale and Hitachi all regard sensors as the main growth point for future business.

However, China's sensor technology started late, and it was not until the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" that it was established as a national key research project. At present, we have basically mastered the relevant technologies of low-end and medium-end sensors and formed a complete industrial system. The market share of local enterprises in China is relatively small. Next, we will sort out the basic situation of sensor providers in China.

Hanwei Electronics Having been engaged in the research and production of gas sensors for 20 years, it is one of the earliest manufacturers in China to engage in the research and production of gas sensors. It now has relatively complete production technology for gas sensors and detection alarm products, and has formed a series of nearly 50 varieties and specifications of sintered semiconductor, catalytic combustion, hot wire gas sensors and gas detection instrument products.

Relying on the foundation of the Internet of Things, the company vigorously develops the ITS product series. It has formed an intelligent transportation industry and products mainly based on checkpoints, red light running capture systems, and various speed measurement systems. Among them, police alcohol detector products have provided powerful tool support for traffic police departments to investigate and punish drunk driving in recent years.

Since its establishment, Suzhou Goodtech has been deeply focused on the fields of semiconductor rectifier device chips, power diodes, rectifier bridges and IC packaging and testing.

Minghao Sensor, a subsidiary of Suzhou Goodtech Electronics Co., Ltd., raised RMB 95 million in its Series A financing. Minghao Sensor is mainly engaged in the research and development, design and production of MEMS sensors, and provides related technical services. The main product directions are: accelerometers, gyroscopes (under development), pressure sensors, magnetic sensors and MEMS microphones, aiming to provide the required products and integrated solutions for consumer electronics, automotive electronics, industrial automation and other fields.

Relying on the sensor technology, optical communication technology, information traceability technology, laser processing technology, etc. that have been accumulated and developed over the past decade, HGTECH helps realize the interconnection of objects, equipment, people, and intelligence.

HGTECH focuses on "laser technology and its applications". Based on the established industrial structure of laser equipment manufacturing, optical communication devices, laser holographic counterfeiting, sensors, and information traceability, HGTECH focuses on the development of two major business directions: "intelligent manufacturing" and "Internet of Things technology" in response to the global "re-industrialization" development trend and its own characteristics.

Kunlun Coast is a new-age industrial and agricultural IoT hardware manufacturer with a 20-year history. The company provides pressure level sensors, level transmitters, temperature and humidity transmitters, gateway products and services to domestic and foreign IoT and cloud computing companies.

With the continuous improvement of the IoT wireless sensors, data exchange gateways, and cloud data docking service systems, Kunlun Coast is transforming from a simple hardware manufacturer to a field data provider, providing a package of data measurement, collection, recording, transmission, and data docking services for process industry production sites, manufacturing production lines, modern agriculture, warehousing, logistics, and the entire cold chain.

Minxin Microelectronics is one of the earliest MEMS R&D companies in China. It has several breakthrough inventions and world-class scientific research results involving key MEMS technologies. Minxin Microelectronics' main products include MEMS microphones, pressure sensors, inertial sensors, etc.

As a leading enterprise in the domestic electrical measurement industry, AVIC Electrical Measurement's sales of resistance strain gauges ranks third in the world, and its domestic market share of strain sensors ranks first. At the same time, AVIC Electrical Measurement's products have been sold to many countries including North America and Europe, making it one of the major suppliers of strain gauges and strain sensors worldwide.

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