pmdtechnologies ag, a subsidiary of ifm electronic GmbH from Essen, is a fabless IC company with headquarters in Siegen, Dresden and Ulm, as well as subsidiaries in Silicon Valley (USA), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (Korea).
pmd is the world’s leading provider of CMOS-based, digital 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) image sensor technology. The company was founded in 2002 as a spin-off from the Centre for Sensor Systems (ZESS) at the University of Siegen. Today, pmd employs more than 150 people and holds over 450 patents worldwide relating to pmd-based applications, the pmd measuring principle and its implementation.
3D sensors from pmd are used in various target markets. The markets addressed by pmd’s sensor systems and software are industrial automation, the automotive industry and a wide range of consumer applications, including augmented reality headsets, smartphones, drones and cleaning robots.
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Founding of pmdtechnologies gmbh and nomination for the German Future Prize
ifm efector GmbH from Essen becomes co-partner and the first pmd-based industrial product wins the Hermes Award
Market launch of the first commercially freely available 3D ToF image sensor. More than 500,000 pmd sensors successfully established on the market
US President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel test a pmd sensor at the Hanover Fair
Google Tango phones Lenovo Phab 2 Pro and Asus Zenfone AR launched with pmd sensors
Start of construction of the largest Hichtech center in South Westphalia „The SUMMIT“ for 400 employees
Magic Leap 2 AR headset and various vacuum robots with the latest pmd sensor technology
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits the ifm and pmd trade fair stand at HMI
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