Over the past 18 years since its establishment as the first Sino-foreign joint venture at CAS, the Shanghai Nicera Sensor Co., Ltd has achieved myriad accomplishments via ceaseless innovative efforts. At present, Nicera has an annual production capacity up to 240 million units of various kinds of sensors with its sales topping the world.
The company was set up in 1986 by the Tech-Phys Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., an affiliate of the CAS Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, and the Nippon Ceramic Co., Ltd. with a registered capital 3.2 million yuan. The Shanghai Institute offers its achievements in infrared filter research, technology and facilities while the Nippon Ceramic Co., Ltd. provides its technology, equipment and managerial skills for sensor manufacturing.
Along with the expansion of its business scope and the incensement of profits, Nicera ranks among the top 500 Shanghai industrial companies in terms of sales income, top 100 medium & small scale S&T enterprises, and gains fame for their good performance with foreign investors.
The company maintains a soaring rate of high-quality products for years by strictly implementing the comprehensive quality control. Sensor products up to standards on the first test make up 98% of the total, and the rate of qualified products exported reaches 99.8%.
As of 2003, sales income amounted to 245 million yuan and the foreign exchange through exports totaled US$ 26.46 million. By now, the company has possessed two brand names, seven patents, with staple products of 180 kinds in five categories, forming a sharp comparison with only two kinds in the early days of its operation. More than 20 new kinds of infrared sensors and more than 50 sensing devices in 11 categories, for instance, were put into production in 2003 alone.
Over the 18 years since its inauguration, nearly two billion yuan in sales revenue with a profit up to 580 million yuan have been attained and the foreign exchange through exports added up to US $ 234 million. Nicera wins prestige from over 20 countries and regions with top-notch products and takes a firm stand in the international market.
