Corporate
September 8, 2025
TDK announces that Tronics enters the machine and asset health monitoring market with vibration sensor solutions
TDK’s subsidiary, Tronics Microsystems, expands into vibration sensor solutions, targeting process and asset monitoring to support predictive maintenance and industrial IoT applications
Building on two decades of MEMS expertise, the company leverages its legacy in inertial sensors to engineer high-precision vibration sensor solutions
Strategic evolution aligns with Tronics’ mission and vision, reinforcing its role in digitally transforming transportation, energy, and industrial sectors through smart sensing solutions
Live demonstrations planned at electronica India (Sept 17–19) and sps – Expo in Nuremberg (Nov 25–27), showcasing the new vibration sensor technology
TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) announces that its subsidiary, Tronics Microsystems ‒ a leading provider of high-performance inertial MEMS sensor solutions ‒ is expanding its product portfolio to include vibration sensor solutions aimed at process and asset monitoring applications. This strategic development represents a major milestone in the company’s evolution and underscores its dedication to driving the digital transformation across industrial sectors.
For over two decades, Tronics has pioneered in delivering high-performance MEMS inertial sensor solutions for precise motion sensing, positioning, and navigation in aerospace, railway, and energy applications. Leveraging decades of experience in MEMS R&D, manufacturing, and test, the company builds on that legacy to introduce vibration sensor technologies for monitoring and predictive maintenance of critical processes and assets.
Mission
To be a provider of MEMS inertial sensor solutions for precise motion sensing, positioning, navigation, and condition monitoring of critical assets in transportation, energy, and industry.
Vision
To contribute to the digital transformation of transportation, energy, and industry by providing digital inertial and vibration sensors solutions.
A story of evolution
As industries evolve, digitally transforming towards Industrial IoT and more, so does the need for smarter systems that can continuously sense not just motion, but also the health of machines themselves through vibration spectrum monitoring. Tronics is then currently introducing vibration sensor solutions that bring a new layer of digital transformation and intelligence to industrial systems.
“Expanding offers into the vibration sensor market is a natural and strategic evolution for the Company, rooted in our MEMS DNA for high-end industrial applications. We did not just package an off-the-shelf basic accelerometer for our vibration sensors. Listening to the condition-based monitoring demand, we engineered innovative MEMS solutions with the same precision and reliability that define our inertial products and services,” said Julien Bon, CEO, Tronics Microsystems.
Tronics is currently completing the development of its first generation of vibration sensor solution for process and assets monitoring, enabling customers to design highly accurate quality control and predictive maintenance solutions.
See it in action!
Tronics is proud to announce that this innovative development will be showcased live at electronica India on September 17-19 in Bengaluru [TDK booth D01, Hall 3] and sps – Expo on November 25-27 in Nuremberg [TDK booth 334, Hall 10]. Emmanuel Bercier, Innovation Marketing Manager, will demonstrate the technology and discuss how Tronics is shaping the future of machine health monitoring through smart IoT sensor solutions.
About Tronic's Microsystems
Tronic's Microsystems, a TDK Group Company, is a provider of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System) inertial sensors solutions for precise motion sensing, positioning, navigation, and condition monitoring of critical assets. The company offers a comprehensive range of accelerometers, gyroscopes, vibration sensors, and inertial MEMS foundry services, contributing to the digital transformation of transportation, energy, and industrial markets. Founded in 1997, Tronic's employs around 100 people in Crolles, near Grenoble (France), where it operates its EN 9100-certified MEMS wafer fab, assembly, packaging, and test facilities. Tronic's is majority-owned by TDK Electronics AG since January 2017.
About TDK Corporation
TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) is a global technology company and innovation leader in the electronics industry, based in Tokyo, Japan. With the tagline “In Everything, Better” TDK aims to realize a better future across all aspects of life, industry, and society. For over 90 years, TDK has shaped the world from within; from the pioneering ferrite cores to cassette tapes that defined an era, to powering the digital age with advanced components, sensors, and batteries, leading the way towards a more sustainable future. United by TDK Venture Spirit, a start-up mentality built on visions, courage and mutual trust, TDK’s passionate team members around the globe pursue better—for ourselves, customers, partners, and the world. Today, the state-of-the-art technologies of TDK are in everything, from industrial applications, energy systems, electric vehicles, to smartphones and gaming, at the core of modern life. TDK’s comprehensive, innovative-driven portfolio includes cutting-edge passive components, sensors and sensor systems, power supplies, lithium-ion and solid-state batteries, magnetic heads, AI and enterprise software solutions, and more—featuring numerous market-leading products. These are marketed under the product brands TDK, EPCOS, InvenSense, Micronas, Tronics, TDK-Lambda, TDK SensEI, and ATL. Positioning the AI ecosystem as a key strategic area, TDK leverages its global network across the automotive, information and communication technology, and industrial equipment sectors to expand its business in a wide range of fields. In fiscal 2025, TDK posted total sales of USD 14.4 billion and employed about 105,000 people worldwide.