Ofilm entered the automotive electronics industry in 2015. Its R&D and sales efforts are spread globally among the US, Germany and China. Ofilm has leveraged its extensive expertise from the smartphone and consumer electronics industries ¨C including in advanced optics and sensors, touchscreen thin-film technologies -- to speed the development and market penetration of Ofilm¡¯s solutions for automobiles, both gas-powered and electric.
In 2015 Ofilm established an independent subsidiary, headquartered in Shanghai, to lead the company¡¯s strategic expansion in automotive electronics, ADAS and other intelligent driving technologies.
China¡¯s auto industry has been in overdrive these past two decades. From a small start it¡¯s grown into the world¡¯s largest. Ofilm has become a core supplier of most of China¡¯s largest automobile manufacturers.
In 2019, we acquired from Japan¡¯s Fuji automotive optics manufacturing assets and a deep portfolio of global patents. This has furthered our ambitions to become a large-scale supplier to Japanese and other international automobile brands.
A particular focus of Ofilm¡¯s current efforts in automobile electronics is deepening the integration of smartphone and intelligent driving systems. This includes work we are doing now to speed the adoption of new, safer ¡°virtual key¡± keyless entry systems.
We¡¯re passionate, too, about improving the driving experience in two other ways ¨C making cars more environmentally-friendly, and making infotainment systems more intuitive and attractive while enhancing driver safety.
Our sensors, cameras and radar systems may achieve seamless coverage during driving.