1957 founder walter p. kistler hans conrad sonderegger headquarters winterthur switzerland area served worldwide key people rolf andreas sonderegger ceo robert lombardini vr pr sident revenue 215 mio . chf 2008 number of employees 1 000 2008 website www.kistler.com kistler group is a switzerland based manufacturer of sensors and systems for measuring forces and torques analyzing force displacement and force time characteristics and documenting data during assembly and product testing . they supply assembly and testing technology as well as specific sensors and monitoring systems for combustion engines automotive engineering plastics processing and biomechanical engineering . contents 1 history 2 ballistic pressure measurement sensors 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by walter p. kistler and hans conrad sonderegger in 1957 as the kistler instrument corporation but the enterprise started in 1950 when kistler patented a charge amplifier he developed . hans conrad sonderegger is the father of the current 2010 ceo . in 1959 the company became active on the stock market . since 1961 the company started the in house production of charge amplifiers and the development of other sensors . the company made several major innovations some of which would be put to use in the apollo manned spaceflights and became a world leader in the development of quartz sensors . kistler left the company in 1970 and moved to seattle washington . ballistic pressure measurement sensors edit kistler produces piezoelectric sensors named channel sensors used by the commission internationale permanente pour l epreuve des armes feu portatives c.i.p. for proof testing firearms ammunition . 1 these sensors require drilling of the cartridge case before firing the proofing cartridge in a specially made test barrel . for nato epvat testing of military firearms ammunition nato design epvat test barrels with kistler 6215 transducers are used . 2 for testing shotshell ammunition kistler produces one type of piezoelectric sensor called tangential sensor references edit kistler international ballistic pressure measurement sensors type 6215 quartz high pressure sensor for ballistic pressure measurement to 6 000 bar external links edit website of the kistler group the official partner of the kistler group in russia this swiss corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kistler group & oldid 737145773 categories manufacturing companies of switzerlandsensorsmanufacturing companies established in 1950privately held companies of switzerlandelectronics companies of switzerlandcompanies based in winterthur1950 establishments in switzerlandswiss brandsswiss company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 01 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view