ZF has announced an investment of around €2.9 million at its state-of-the-art radar facility located in Brest, France. The investment is being utilized for new equipment, tooling and components for the development of its next generation radar sensor, as well as a 500 square meter expansion of the warehouse.
Peter Austen, global portfolio director, Driver Assist Systems at ZF TRW said: "Radar is a fundamental part of the automated driving equation. When combined with camera, intelligent control units and actuators, it can help to enable partially automated driving functions such as Highway Driving Assist with automated lane change. Together with our advanced camera systems, our AC1000 family is an ideal solution to meet Euro NCAP requirements up to 2020."
ZF's radar systems are designed, assembled and tested at Brest which currently occupies approximately 2200 square meters. The facility produces around 300,000 units per year, and the company anticipates that this figure will exceed one million by 2020.
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