A small selection of international firms, manufacturing or relying on controllers and sensors in their products, is bound to be arbitrary. Choices have been made to suggest global coverage with American and Japanese as well as British (Renishaw) and French (Schneider Electric) firms
World-leading specialists with market caps of $40 billion and more, such as Analog Devices and Amphenol of the US or Schneider Electric are part of the selection, but specialists with market caps below $10 billon have been the strongest performers
US-based specialist in 3D-measurements Faro, Sensata with more than 1 billion sensors & controls shipped annually, British metrology and heathcare manufacturer Renishaw and Japanese Yokagawa of industrial automation and test solutions all are amongst the noteworthy smal-cap stocks
The distinctive features of one of Japan's most famous 'unknowns', Keyence (market cap $133 billion as of Jan. '21), will be presented in a special case study
Our theme is linked to the two closely related 'Semiconductor Signals' themes
The firms listed in these two selections serve the companies in 'Industrial Processes', in 'Industrial Robotics', i, 'Internet of Things' and in 'ADAS - Advanced driver-assistance systems'