Sensor Technology was already an established worldwide piezo and hydrophone manufacturer. As the new CEO of the company, Niru prepared to diversify both product offerings as well as markets into which our acoustics could be sold. This direction required significant capital to expand the physical footprint in Collingwood, Ontario and procure necessary equipment to increase […]
Third Decade: Scalability In 2005, Sensor Technology’s largest oil & gas customer approached the company to request a significant production increase. At the time, this was 500 units per week and new demand would require 3,000. This problem was tackled later that year, when Niru and her university classmate Harvey hashed out a plan while […]
By the early 90’s, Sensor Technology was in the midst of several significant technical challenges, including an NRCC backed project for the Canadian Space Agency. Once the formulations were perfected, this provided the solid foundation for the company to expand its core business and broaden its offerings to assembled transmitters and receivers. With the positive […]
First Decade: 1983-1993 In 1953 Dennis Tupy and Jozo Wieder, two Czechoslovakian immigrants, embarked their first pottery production run as Blue Mountain Pottery in Collingwood, Ontario Canada. The company used locally sourced clay from the surrounding Niagara Escarpment, with their proprietary blue green glaze. This rarity in the industry quickly made the company known for […]
Largely unexplored and not well understood, whether you live by an ocean or not, it impacts us all. Important to our very survival, every second breath we take is from the ocean, it’s home to marine species, and it connects us through transport and international commerce. Yet, today, we know more about space than we […]
Last month, we were delighted to host a group of 14 dedicated young ladies from Pathfinder Girl Guides of Canada. This group took a refreshing interest in a growing global topic of importance; Ocean Technology. It’s an industry they didn’t seem to even know was a possible career avenue before the tour of our state-of-the-art […]
Sensor Technology began in 1983 when founders Eswar and Shashi Prasad transitioned Blue Mountain Pottery to high-tech pottery called piezoceramics. In 1988, the company moved from selling just ceramics to ceramics and hydrophones. In 2011, the owners of Sensor Technology Ltd. took over as a leading manufacturer of piezoelectric ceramic solutions, custom acoustic tranducers and […]
Since we went through our rebranding efforts in 2021, this quote has stuck with me as a pillar of our culture at SensorTech. Doing what we say and saying what we do has become a firm ethos in our manufacturing environment, but beyond that, giving back to our people and our community is important to […]
Sometimes the path to success isn’t as direct as we would like. I was fortunate to have worked at a startup that proliferated and went public in the early 90s. With a bit of cash in hand, my buddy Dave and I decided to strike out on our own to see what products we could […]
Setting an Example for Life on Both Sides of the Boardroom Doors You can almost consider this post as part two of my April Blog, “Sensor Technology – It Runs in the Family.” My mother, Shashi Prasad, built Sensor Technology alongside my father from the ground up. They incorporated the business in May of 1983 when […]