First Sensor announced new members to its Supervisory Board. Four shareholder representatives appointed by court. The Charlottenburg Local Court has appointed four new shareholder representatives to the Supervisory Board of Berlin-based First Sensor AG, effective May 1, 2020. The new members that will serve on the Supervisory Board of First Sensor AG are: John Mitchell, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Sensor Solutions at TE Connectivity Ltd; Jörg Mann, Member of the Executive Board of TE Connectivity Sensors Germany Holding AG; Peter McCarthy, Vice President and General Manager of Transportation Sensors at TE Connectivity Germany; Stephan Itter, Member of the Executive Board of Läpple AG. John Mitchell is slated to be elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board at a constituent meeting to be held shortly. The four new Supervisory Board members join employee representatives Tilo Vollprecht, project engineer at First Sensor Mobility GmbH and Olga Wolfenberg, quality assurance employee at First Sensor AG on the six-person board. The court appointment of the new Supervisory Board members terminates at the end of the Annual General Meeting of First Sensor AG on May 26, 2020, at which the shareholder representatives will be elected. The new members replace the previous shareholder representatives, who resigned from the Supervisory Board after the closure of the voluntary public takeover offer of TE Connectivity Sensors Germany Holding AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of TE Connectivity Ltd. Their resignations are effective as of April 30, 2020.
First Sensor AG is a Germany-based developer of sensor solutions. The Company manufactures customer-specific optical and non-optical semiconductor sensor systems. Its products are used for the conversion of non-electric variables, such as radiation, light, pressure, flow rate, speed, position, and fill level, into electric variables that are used in clientâs electronic systems. The Company also develops and manufactures customized hybrid circuits and products for microsystem engineering and advanced packaging. Its activities are divided into three business areas. In the Industrial segment, the Company provides products for length measurement, radiation and security, building automation and air-conditioning technology, industrial process control and aerospace. Applications in the Medical area include respiratory and anesthetic devices, dialysis and endoscopic equipment, as well as diagnostics. The segment Mobility offers driver assistance systems and pressure sensors, among others.