Metec AG - ItactI Consortium
Metec AG, from Stuttgart, Germany is the World leader in the manufacture of the Braille actuator cells for Braille displays having approximately 55% of the world market. They supply their products to OEM manufacturers of Braille displays in fifteen countries worldwide including the US, China and all major Braille display manufacturers in Europe. Metec have an excellent record towards innovation in the field of Braille cell technology. They were the first to bring, using electro-magnetic technology, a miniature Braille actuator cell to the European marketplace in the early 1980s. Further innovation lead to the first European piezo-electric Braille actuator cell in 1990. Metec purchased two US based Braille actuator cell manufacturers (Telesensory, and United Braille) in 1998, moving their production to Germany. Metec will, of course, be involved in the cell actuator development and software for graphic tactile display.
| Partner: | Metec AG (METEC) |
| Contact: | Dipl.-Ing. Eugen Schäfer |
| Position: | President |
| Country: | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Website: | http://www.metec-ag.de |