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Sagentia concludes licensing deal with Novotechnik
This article has been taken from The Gen newsletter - Autumn 2009.
Sagentia and Novotechnik have agreed a licensing deal involving Sagentia's inductive linear and rotary sensors. The non exclusive licence will provide Sagentia with a royalty payment for each of its sensors sold by Novotechnik.
Based near Stuttgart in Germany, Novotechnik is an international supplier of transducers, position sensors, potentiometers and other related products for motion control.
Sagentia's expertise in non-contact sensor technology stretch back twenty years. This latest licence follows on from similar royalty-based deals agreed with other leading international companies including Fasco, Synaptics, Honeywell and TT Electronics. It is the first such deal between Sagentia and Novotechnik.
Commenting, John Golby, Business Development Manager for Sagentia's sensor technology, said: "Novotechnick is keen to develop non-contact sensing technologies particularly for industrial and automotive applications. Our patented sensor technology platform combines low cost, robustness and accuracy and will complement and strengthen Novotechnik's current range of non-contact sensors."
Ernst Halder, General Manager at Novotechnik, said: "Novotechnik is market leader for potentiometric transducers. Implementing the Autopad and In-Track technology into a new contact-less sensor family will open up new opportunities especially for short stroke sensors and sensors with high up date rates. In combination with the existing Asic for Autopad, we will be able to launch the first product in the second quarter of 2010."