BEI Sensors / Sensata Technologies BEI Sensors is now part of Sensata Technologies. Sensata Technologies is a leading industrial technology company that develops sensors, sensor-based solutions, including controllers and software, and other mission-critical products. The name Sensata comes from the Latin word sensate or ‘those gifted with sense’ and the company’s logo spells Sensata in Braille. Founded in 1916 as General Plate Company, the company has been providing for more than 100 years, a wide range of customized, sensor-rich solutions for complex engineering requirements in the automotive, heavy vehicle & off-road, industrial and aerospace industries. The Company conducts its business operations through its subsidiaries and operates in two businesses, Performance Sensing and Sensing Solutions. Sensata specializes in speed and position sensors for extreme applications serving the industrial, military/aerospace and transportation markets. Through the Performance Sensing business, Sensata offers automotive and heavy vehicle off-road (HVOR) sensors, including pressure sensors, speed and position sensors, temperature sensors, and pressure switches. Its Sensing Solutions business supplies bimetal electromechanical controls, industrial and aerospace sensors, power conversion and control products, thermal and magnetic-hydraulic circuit breakers, and interconnection products. The Company’s products are used in applications such as temperature, pressure, and speed and positions sensors in automotive systems, thermal circuit breakers in aircraft, and bimetal current and temperature control devices in electric motors. With more than 19,000 employees, operating in 13 countries, Sensata’s solutions help to make products safer, cleaner and more efficient, more electrified, and more connected. The company ships 1.1 billion units per year under the Sensata brand and 17 other name brands.