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About Heimann

Heimann Sensor GmbH is an established manufacturer of highest quality infrared thermopiles, thermopile modules (including advanced signal processing) and thermopile arrays for remote temperature measurement and gas detection. With high innovation power, Heimann Sensor is the world market leader for low pixel count infrared imaging. Our thermopile arrays also hold the world record for the highest spatial resolution thermopile array with 120x84 pixels. Besides thermopiles, our product portfolio includes pyroelectric sensors, infrared light sources and vacuum sensors .

Heimann Sensor manufactures more than 15 million sensors each year and the trend is rising. Our main production site Heimann Sensor Packaging Sdn. Bhd is located in Senai, Malaysia.


We are a DIN EN ISO 9001 certified company. In addition to the production and distribution of our products, we attach much importance to the research and development of new, still better, smaller and faster infrared thermopile products and devices for gas concentration measurements.

Heimann Company History

Heimann Sensor GmbH was founded early 2002 with five employees having about 100 years of combined infrared experience. The headquarters of the company is Dresden with a branch in Eltville. Initially, the smallest thermopile chips in the world were developed and transferred to pilot production. Later, the production of the smallest thermopile chips and smallest sensor modules of the world started. Today, Heimann Sensor is technology leader in infrared sensors for contactless temperature measurement and gas detection as well as technology and market leader in infrared thermopile arrays for thermal imaging. Currently, Heimann Sensor is a worldwide company with about 220 employees, international sales offices on 4 continents and manufacturing lines in Germany and Asia.

Our Mission

The image below illustrates the three main values of our company philosophy, which build the cornerstones of our success.

Leading Innovation

Since the foundation of Heimann Sensor in the year 2002, we were able to achieve one world record every single year. This power of innovation is driven by our in-house experts. The quintessence of our actions is excellently summed up in our motto "We love INfraNNOVATIONS."
Year World Record
2002 World's smallest TP Chip
2003 Fastest Thermopile Chip
2004 Smallest IR-Sensor Module
2005 First TP with integrated Lens in TO-18
2006 Smallest TP Sensors
2007 First TO-Sensors with integrated ASIC
2008 First fully monolithic 8x8 Array
2009 First fully monolithic 16x16 Array
2010 First fully monolithic 32x31 Array
2011 First fully monolithic 64x62 Array
2012 First fully monolithic 16x4 Array
2013 First 8“ Silicon DRIE TP Wafer
2014 Smallest 8x8 array in Mini TO-package
2015 Smallest 32x32 digital array in TO-5 can
2016 First 80x64 digital Array calibrated inside TO-can
2017 First fully calibratable 16x16 array on a single chip
2018 First mini SMD Dual Thermopile
2019 First 84x60 digital Array with >100° FOV low cost single lens
2020 First high resolution TP Array with vacuum WLP
2021 First 60x40 digital array calibrated inside TO-5 can
2022 First 120x84 digital Array calibrated inside TO-can

Highest Quality

We are proud of our high quality sensors "Made in Germany". We set the highest internal standards for our products and processes which are certified by ISO 9001:2015 standard. Manufactured in accordance to the RoHS and REACH directive of the European Union, all our products additionally meet high environmental standards.

To keep our environment save, all of our products are compliant with the RoHS directive of the European Union.

A Trusted and Reliable Partner

Our ambition is to be a reliable partner for all our customers and build long-term business relationships. This starts with professional consultation with our customers by our excellent specialists. Together with our new customers, we define the exact requirements in order to choose the right sensor in terms of price, performance and value. If necessary, we also help our customers to find specialized solutions to all remote temperature and gas measurement topics. 

During the development phase, our experienced engineers support our customers to receive the best possible product for the desired application. Our production team manufactures high quality products and secures quality by 100% final testing of each device. In case of unexpected difficulties, our customer support and our quality management team can help finding fast solutions.

Heimann Sensor Managing Directors

Heimann Sensor is privately owned and all owners actively contribute to the company's success story. This special situation guarantees our employees the focus on long-term goals as we do not have to show special consideration for shareholders. In addition, it allows us to make important decisions fast. At the same time we are very interested in establishing a long-term trusting cooperation with our customers.

Dr. Jörg Schieferdecker

Dipl.-Ing. Mischa Schulze

Mr. Kogilan Thulukanun

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