What is next in the TPMS market ?

TPMS market is at a cross roads today. Several questions are raised at technical and market levels. A few challenges are happening in a market that is seeing many newcomers: • Progress in indirect measurement systems, • Legislation change in Europe for reducing CO2 emissions, • Moving the sensor from the valve to the tire inlay, • Energy harvesting devices technologies and integration.Each point will have very strong impact on the market and would mean a market shift. TPMS MEMS market opportunity 99% of direct TPM Systemscurrently use MEMS pressuresensors. If nothing changes inEuropean or Asian legislation,the current market for TPMSpressure sensors is expected toreach $183M in 2012 from$168M in 2007, seeing a CAGRof 2% till 2012 in revenue dueto a strong erosion of prices,despite an increase of 12% involume. Even though the market already has two leaders sharing most of the market, acrowd of newcomers are preparing new pressure sensors. Yet, if the Europeanlegislation makes TPMS ...  more