Continental has acquired ASL Vision, based in Lewes, England for an undisclosed price.

At its headquarters in Lewes, England, as well at its German site in Kronach, Bavaria, ASL Vision has a total of 53 employees, primarily engineers, who specialise in the areas of software, algorithms, image processing and hardware. All of these employees will join Continental, and the company is planning to add further engineers both in England and Germany for these technology areas.

The Lewes site will combine the competences in the areas of systems, software and algorithms for “surround view.” At the same time, the research and development centre in Ulm will become an additional site for 360-degree camera systems. In the future, the site will work on issues such as hardware, cameras and application projects.

“Continental is one of the world’s leading suppliers of advanced driver assistance systems, which warn, support and assist drivers in many driving situations by detecting the vehicle’s surrounding via camera, infrared and/or radar. With this step, we are enhancing our technology portfolio by adding a strategically important building block, 360-degree surround detection, while at the same time further developing our competence in the camera sector in a targeted way,” said Friedrich Angerbauer, Head of the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Business Unit in the Continental Chassis & Safety Division.