About us

History

Vasasensor is a spin-off from the institute of microelectronics in Gothenburg, Imego, and Chalmers University of Technology. The company started its journey at Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship, CSE, and has been working with the wireless sensor system for the paper industry since 2003.

The innovation behind the product arose from needs in the paper manufacturing industry and the core technology was developed at the research institute Imego. The product has been developed together with world leading actors in the paper industry.

Vasasensor has been rewarded with several prestigious awards such as:

• Spin-off of the Year 2005
• SKAPA 2005
• The springboard company of the Year 2004
• The most interesting start-up company for venture capital 2005
• Venture Cup prize

Vasasensor’s first product PressEyes® for shoe press is ready for installation and will be installed during 2008 in a Swedish reference mill. A pilot machine installation can be seen at The Packaging Greenhouse in Karlstad, Sweden.

Vasasensor’s he­adquarter is located at Stena Center in Gothenburg, in close proximity to the resources at Imego and Chalmers.

Vision

Vasasensor will answer to the needs of real time pressure measurements in paper machines worldwide. Our goal is that Vasasensor’s sys­tems serve as powerful tools for process automation in our customer’s da­ily work.

Further more, Vasasensor will continue to develop more products based on sensor technology in cooperation with the leading customers in the industry.