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385 Expo-ro, Yuseong District, Daejeon, South Korea
+82 42-933-0250
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Overview
- Summary
- Edge Foundry Co., Ltd. is Korea's sole specialized manufacturer of automotive displacement sensors, supplying various automotive sensors like accelerator pedal sensors and stop lamp switches to global car manufacturers. Based on printed electronics, electromagnetic application, and thermal imaging infrared technologies, the company develops and manufactures uncooled thermal imaging sensors and modules, expanding its business into diverse advanced industrial sectors such as defense, medical, industrial safety, and aerospace, positioning itself as a comprehensive sensor solutions provider.Edge Foundry Co., Ltd. is Korea's sole specialized manufacturer of automotive displacement sensors, supplying various automotive sensors like accelerator pedal sensors and stop lamp switches to global car manufacturers. Based on printed electronics, electromagnetic application, and thermal imaging infrared technologies, the company develops and manufactures uncooled thermal imaging sensors and modules, expanding its business into diverse advanced industrial sectors such as defense, medical, industrial safety, and aerospace, positioning itself as a comprehensive sensor solutions provider.
- Key Products/Technologies
- Automotive Displacement Sensors: A product line including Accelerator Pedal Sensors (APS), Stop Lamp Switches (SLS), Throttle Position Sensors (TPS), Oil Control Valves (OCV), and various contact and non-contact sensor types.Automotive Displacement Sensors: A product line including Accelerator Pedal Sensors (APS), Stop Lamp Switches (SLS), Throttle Position Sensors (TPS), Oil Control Valves (OCV), and various contact and non-contact sensor types.
- Thermal Imaging (IR) Sensors and Modules: Development and mass production capability for QVGA (320x240) and VGA-class uncooled thermal imaging camera modules, branded 'Thermo K'.Thermal Imaging (IR) Sensors and Modules: Development and mass production capability for QVGA (320x240) and VGA-class uncooled thermal imaging camera modules, branded 'Thermo K'.
- Core Enabling Technologies: Possessing original technologies for advanced sensor development, including printed electronics technology, electromagnetic application technology, thermal imaging infrared technology, MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology, 2D materials, and piezoelectric technology.Core Enabling Technologies: Possessing original technologies for advanced sensor development, including printed electronics technology, electromagnetic application technology, thermal imaging infrared technology, MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology, 2D materials, and piezoelectric technology.
- Sensor Design and Manufacturing Technology: Core technologies and production facilities for infrared sensor development, encompassing semiconductor chip and sensor design, semiconductor fabrication, ROIC (Readout Integrated Circuit) design, and MEMS foundries.Sensor Design and Manufacturing Technology: Core technologies and production facilities for infrared sensor development, encompassing semiconductor chip and sensor design, semiconductor fabrication, ROIC (Readout Integrated Circuit) design, and MEMS foundries.
- Vehicular Dust Sensor Technology: Holding patent technology related to dust sensors for monitoring and controlling the in-car environment.Vehicular Dust Sensor Technology: Holding patent technology related to dust sensors for monitoring and controlling the in-car environment.
- Core Advantages
- Dominant Domestic Market Position: Securing a unique position in the Korean market as the sole specialized manufacturer of automotive displacement sensors.Dominant Domestic Market Position: Securing a unique position in the Korean market as the sole specialized manufacturer of automotive displacement sensors.
- Vertically Integrated Production System: Establishing a fully vertically integrated system, performing all processes from deposition, photolithography, etching, cleaning, to packaging, ensuring manufacturing competitiveness and reliable mass supply.Vertically Integrated Production System: Establishing a fully vertically integrated system, performing all processes from deposition, photolithography, etching, cleaning, to packaging, ensuring manufacturing competitiveness and reliable mass supply.
- Technological Innovation and Core Technologies: Developing high-performance, low-cost sensors based on proprietary core technologies such as printed electronics, electromagnetic application, and thermal imaging infrared technologies.Technological Innovation and Core Technologies: Developing high-performance, low-cost sensors based on proprietary core technologies such as printed electronics, electromagnetic application, and thermal imaging infrared technologies.
- Cost Competitiveness and Stable Supply Chain: Achieving cost competitiveness through in-house sensor production and building a manufacturing infrastructure capable of stable mass supply.Cost Competitiveness and Stable Supply Chain: Achieving cost competitiveness through in-house sensor production and building a manufacturing infrastructure capable of stable mass supply.
- Expandability to Diverse Industries: Capability to apply technology and expand business into high-value-added markets beyond automotive components, including defense, medical, industrial safety, and aerospace.Expandability to Diverse Industries: Capability to apply technology and expand business into high-value-added markets beyond automotive components, including defense, medical, industrial safety, and aerospace.
- Provision of Customized Solutions: Offering optimal customized solutions through collaboration with experts in various fields, contributing to clients' business success.Provision of Customized Solutions: Offering optimal customized solutions through collaboration with experts in various fields, contributing to clients' business success.
- Rigorous Quality Control and Reliability Assurance: Maintaining a system for developing perfect quality products by securing equipment for environmental and durability testing to verify diverse customer durability requirements.Rigorous Quality Control and Reliability Assurance: Maintaining a system for developing perfect quality products by securing equipment for environmental and durability testing to verify diverse customer durability requirements.
- Target Industries
- Automotive Industry: Autonomous driving and electronic component sectors, including Night Vision Systems (NVS), Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), and Child Presence Detection (CPD) for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS).Automotive Industry: Autonomous driving and electronic component sectors, including Night Vision Systems (NVS), Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), and Child Presence Detection (CPD) for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS).
- Defense Industry: Military applications such as guided missile imaging search, thermal imaging equipment for border and coastal surveillance, gunner sights for tanks/armored vehicles, and sights for personal and common weapons.Defense Industry: Military applications such as guided missile imaging search, thermal imaging equipment for border and coastal surveillance, gunner sights for tanks/armored vehicles, and sights for personal and common weapons.
- Medical Industry: Development and supply of imaging systems for diagnosis and treatment.Medical Industry: Development and supply of imaging systems for diagnosis and treatment.
- General Industry: Assessment of heating/cooling insulation in buildings, detection of overheating/cooling in electronic products, monitoring of overheating in power transmission lines and substations, experimentation and development for semiconductors and PCBs, defect detection and thermal distribution management in manufacturing processes, metal fatigue diagnosis, and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT).General Industry: Assessment of heating/cooling insulation in buildings, detection of overheating/cooling in electronic products, monitoring of overheating in power transmission lines and substations, experimentation and development for semiconductors and PCBs, defect detection and thermal distribution management in manufacturing processes, metal fatigue diagnosis, and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT).
- Aerospace Industry: Space applications including satellite-based ground and weather observation, and celestial observation and formation identification.Aerospace Industry: Space applications including satellite-based ground and weather observation, and celestial observation and formation identification.
- Security and Firefighting Industry: Systems for intrusion detection, fire detection, fire rescue, and intrusion monitoring in power plants.Security and Firefighting Industry: Systems for intrusion detection, fire detection, fire rescue, and intrusion monitoring in power plants.
- Drone Industry: Application of technology in the drone sector, including AI drone solutions and complex drone demonstration tests.Drone Industry: Application of technology in the drone sector, including AI drone solutions and complex drone demonstration tests.
- Major Markets
- South Korea, China, Japan, South AsiaSouth Korea, China, Japan, South Asia
- EuropeEurope
- North America (USA, Canada), USANorth America (USA, Canada), USA
- Certifications/Patents
- Multiple Domestic Patent Registrations: As of September 2020, holding 53 patent rights, 12 design rights, and 5 trademark rights in domestic intellectual property.Multiple Domestic Patent Registrations: As of September 2020, holding 53 patent rights, 12 design rights, and 5 trademark rights in domestic intellectual property.
- Thermal Imaging Sensor Patents: Acquisition of patents for microbolometers and microbolometer manufacturing methods (2021).Thermal Imaging Sensor Patents: Acquisition of patents for microbolometers and microbolometer manufacturing methods (2021).
- Automotive Sensor Patents: Holding numerous automotive sensor-related patents, including for differential inductive displacement detection ROIC and accelerator pedal sensors.Automotive Sensor Patents: Holding numerous automotive sensor-related patents, including for differential inductive displacement detection ROIC and accelerator pedal sensors.
- Quality Management System Certifications: Operating a quality management system to meet customer requirements and obtaining relevant certifications.Quality Management System Certifications: Operating a quality management system to meet customer requirements and obtaining relevant certifications.
- Technological Competitiveness: Internalizing uncooled thermal imaging sensor technology through the merger with Hanwha Intelligence, and strengthening core technological capabilities in semiconductor chips, sensor design, and MEMS processes.Technological Competitiveness: Internalizing uncooled thermal imaging sensor technology through the merger with Hanwha Intelligence, and strengthening core technological capabilities in semiconductor chips, sensor design, and MEMS processes.
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385 Expo-ro, Yuseong District, Daejeon, South Korea
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