SOFRADIR

Sofradir is the world leader in high-performance infrared imaging solutions for military, space and industrial markets. Sofradir Group is the leading developer and manufacturer of infrared sensors for military, space, commercial and industrial applications. Its vast IR product portfolio covers the entire spectrum from visible to very far infrared. Sofradir Group pioneers developments in high performance IR detectors based on sophisticated technologies: Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT), Indium Antimonide (InSb), Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors (QWIP), Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs), and a-Si Microbolometers.

Many of the world’s missile seekers use Sofradir’s military-grade, battlefield proven IR detectors for targeting pods, armored vehicle sights, Handheld Thermal Imagers and other airborne, naval and ground vehicle applications. Sofradir is the only European IR manufacturer to have its IR detectors deployed in space.

Founded in 1986, Sofradir is headquartered in Palaiseau, near Paris. It carries out research and development as well as high volume manufacturing at two facilities: Veurey-Voroize, near Grenoble, and Palaiseau, near Paris. Sofradir owns two subsidiaries: ULIS, a high volume manufacturer of microbolometers based in Veurey-Voroize and US-based Sofradir-EC, a provider of uncooled and cooled IR imaging cores and engines, located in Fairfield, New Jersey. Together Sofradir, ULIS and Sofradir-EC employ about 1000 staff.