<p style="text-align: center;"><img title="1610948163100853.jpg" alt="8.jpg" src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20210118/1610948163100853.jpg"/></p><p>Global technology major&nbsp;ZF&nbsp;announced that it will produce transceiver modules for both ibeoNext automotive and industrial applications at its facility in Brest, France.<br/><br/>In Brest, ZF currently produces the LiDAR Sensor for Ibeo- a company in which it holds a 40 percent stake.<br/><br/>Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH has partnered with&nbsp;Sick AG&nbsp;to produce 3D Solid-State LiDAR sensor for industrial applications to market. In this partnership, Ibeo is providing its ibeoNext measurement core, which ZF produces in Brest (France).</p><p><br/></p><p>Sick will develop the system design and the application software for a new industrial LiDAR sensor so that industrial applications can be created to meet customer requirements.<br/><br/>The company has been delivering the first batches to partners and customers worldwide since the fall of 2020 – including the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motor, which will use ibeoNEXT LiDAR in SUV &#39;Wey&#39;models. IbeoNEXT is based on a new type of solid-state, photon laser measurement technology.<br/><br/>“At ZF we consistently use LiDAR in our sensor set from level 4 onwards - but of course the sensor already contributes to significantly more safety and comfort from level 2 onwards“, says Christophe Marnat, executive vice president of the ZF Electronics and Advanced Driver Assist Systems Division.<br/><br/>He further added, “These advantages can now also be implemented in industrial applications such as automated guided vehicles, forklift trucks and other forms of mobile automated machinery.&quot;</p>