The sensors industry in Colombia

Abstract

Context: Colombia is a massive consumer of electronic products, especially primary elements such as sensors, but it does not have the tools to produce them. The sensors, necessary elements for the realization of a process, become essential for the installation of any production initiative. Method: This work makes a diagnosis and perspective of the sensor industry in Colombia, framed in the first stage of the Master's thesis entitled "Sensor production strategy for the Colombian industrial sector." For that purpose, an environment analysis is made (Román, 2016), and a relationship between the environment and the manufacture of electronic devices in Colombia is established. Results: It is possible to identify some distinctive aspects of the industry, such as the economic sectors in which companies most use sensors, the identification of the most measured variables, and particularly which sensors are the most used to measure these variables. Additionally, it was possible to determine which are the main suppliers of sensors in Colombia. Conclusions: Based on the investigation, it was concluded that the sensors that measure temperature and pressure have the highest demand in the industrial sector, and that the largest number of sensor consuming companies belong to the manufacturing sector.

Keywords

• industria electrónica
• instrumentación
• perspectiva
• sensor