- Business
- Melexis NV designs, develops, tests, manufactures and markets advanced integrated semiconductor devices primarily for the automotive industry; its core products encompass a broad portfolio of sensor integrated circuits including Hall-effect sensors (conventional Hall, IMC-Hall and integrated current sensors), Triaxis 2D/3D angular and magnetometer position sensors, inductive position sensors, optical light and time-of-flight 3D camera sensors, MEMS pressure sensors and TPMS ICs, and infrared thermometers and sensor arrays; driver solutions feature embedded motor drivers for BLDC, DC and stepper motors, LIN motor drivers and pre-drivers for pumps, fans and blowers, smart fan and pump drivers, automotive pre-drivers and gate-drivers with protection functions, and RGB-LED drivers supporting LIN and MeLiBu protocols; transceivers support LIN/CAN networks, NFC/RFID and radio-frequency communications. The company, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Ieper, Belgium, operates globally with subsidiaries and facilities across Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Ukraine), the United States, Asia (China, Japan, Korea) and serves automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers as well as emerging markets in robotics, industrial applications, alternative mobility and health; Melexis NV functions as a subsidiary of Xtrion NV. Recent developments include the establishment of a local logistics hub and end-to-end manufacturing in China to enhance customer service, expansion of its Asia-Pacific focus highlighted by new board appointments of Ling Qi and Kazuhiro Takenaka in May 2025, launch of innovative products such as the MLX90642 32x24 IR array sensor, MLX91218 Low Field current sensor IC, MLX80142 two RGB LED driver with MeLiBu 2.0, MLX90425 Dual Mold Package variant, Triphibian technology for EV thermal management and Induxis for robust switches, an expanded multi-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud announced in October 2025 to integrate AI across operations and product development, selection as strategic current sensor supplier by NIO for EV traction inverters, inauguration of a new R&D center in Sophia Antipolis, France, and initiation of a share buyback program from December 2024 to December 2025.