
Proud of our past; excited about our future!
We look forward to repeating our success with you. Below are just some of the things we’ve accomplished in the past, our creative, experienced product development team has generated over several hundred patents for exceptional innovation. Our minds are on the future and successes we can help you achieve! “By working together, pooling our resources, and building on our strengths, we can accomplish great things.” –RR
VERTICAL INTEGRATION – in developing new products for our customers, we optimize multiple technologies simultaneously, in real-time, under one roof, at a more rapid rate and more effectively than our competition. Experienced program managers operating under accelerated timing utilizing state-of-the-art processes direct all required disciplines and resources.

Kid dragged by School bus while the driver drives off – STOP with Smart Close
School buses are one of the safest ways for children to get to and from school, but accidents can still happen.

Haptics Meaning – 9 facts about haptics for cars!
Haptic technology uses sounds and vibrations to communicate information to people.

Proximity Sensor on a car – automobile
Proximity refers to the physical closeness of two or more things. Proximity sensors detect the presence of nearby objects.

Technology Partners History: Smart Touch HMI
Rock and scroll – HMI touchscreen How iPhone tech could be coming to a Chrysler near you soon….. Arguably the defining feature of the Chrysler 200C’s

Car commute with the iQ Power™ top Capacitive Touch Screen!
The IP can now become completely user reconfigurable and provides him the flexibility of a new IP appearance, ie. “virtual change” by instant software upgrades

Seven children strangled to death by power windows. Smart Close® saves lives!
Smart Close Car Windows Save children’s lives

Vision Sensor Lens Cleaning for Military CVSS
A little mud makes autonomous and remotely used vehicles and weapons systems weak for Vision Sensor Lens Cleaning.

Buick put the first touchscreen in a car!
Tech Before its time: Buick put the first Touchscreen in a car It looked awful and the car’s touchscreen beeped a lot, but damn, was

Auto Vision improved Windshield with ClearFast®
The ClearFast™ heated fluid washer system auto windshield cleaner for can provide up to 400% more effective cleaning than other systems. A unique dual heating method provides instant (<20 seconds at 28 F ambient) and stored heated fluid.

A Keyless Touchpad is best for Opening doors!
Keyless Entry Touchpad enhances comfort and security by sensing and responding to a driv-er specific program, which instantly unlocks the door.

Car Virtual Touchpad Window/door control
Virtual Touchpad® drivers window switch console Car Window Touchpad – Virtual Touchpad® window/door control A simple touch and sliding motion across a selected window pad provides

Make your Child Safe Power window Anti-trap function
Power window Anti-trap function Smart Close® anti-trap automotive windows prevent injury and death.

Our Mission
Our Mission is to create next-generation integrated sensor and control systems to support the manufacture of… 1. 2. 3. SMARTER, SAFER, more FUEL EFFICIENT vehicles.

Vision Sensor Lens Cleaning: Undefeatable autonomous vehicles with this vital lens-cleaning feature
Vision sensors for autonomous work great with lens cleaning

Clear Vision Safety System – Highly Autonomous Vehicle (CVSS-HAV)
Highly Autonomous Vehicle (CVSS-HAV)

Technology Partners History: GM Industry Firsts…
Some Nartron-GM Industry Firsts… 1971 Nartron develops Illuminated Entry System. Fisher Body high volume production. All car lines, Global FIRST. Exclusive to GM. 1978 AC/Delco Spark

Technology Partners History: Display Systems
April 2, 2019 Expertise in custom display technologies assures cost effective, timely solutions for your display needs. Display Systems CRT Systems: •Tomorrow’s technology implemented in

Technology Partners History: Rep. Hoitenga sees Clear Automotive Vision
Rep. Hoitenga sees Clear Vision BY BEN GLICK WEEKYVOICE REED CITY – Executive vice president Demetris Agrotis took out a laptop and played a video

Taking on autonomous vehicles with new lens cleaning technology
Taking on autonomous vehicles with new lens technology. According to just a partial patent list produced by the company has accomplished 62 firsts. The company is well on its way to many more as it develops technology for autonomous vehicles.

Technology Partners History: Our Advantage
Our commercial sensor/control Advantage ….. 1. Advanced electronic design: Deep and highly experienced electronic design capability empowers new product timely production launch, as well as timely

Weekly Voice Technology making for a smooth ride
Technology making for a smooth ride Engineering Awards More than 90 on its engineering staff, more than all the companies in Northern Michigan combined. “We

Pro trailer backup assist – Ford Backing Up a Trailer
You just have to teach the truck’s computer to work with any trailer you hook up, a 10-minute process. Take a few measurements, add a black and white sticker to the hitch so the rear camera-based system can keep track of what the trailer is doing, and you’re good to go.

Technology Partners History: 2013 PACE Award Finalists – touch screen
2013 PACE Award Finalists – solid-state touch-screen systems Congratulations! As an Automotive News PACE Award finalist, you rank among the automotive industry’s most elite suppliers.

Technology Partners History: Advances electronic systems
Technology Electronic Systems Company is actively seeking for a wide range of new job openings STAFF REPORTS REED CTIY – Continuing advances in the field

Cadillac infotainment plan includes experts, free iPads
Cadillac infotainment plan includes experts, free iPads DETROIT – General Motors is deploying dealership experts, free customers iPads, and a new call center in hopes

GM CUE instrument cluster in car 
GM CUE instrument cluster in car The Slickest Thing At The Detroit Auto Show (So Far) – Forbes This is the story about the instrument

Technology Partners History: Power liftgate, non-contact
Provides a new standard of care and comfort
Smart Close senses and responds to a human presence, detecting a change in its electromagnetic field, instantly reversing the moving panel. Non-contact.

iQ Power Systems Virtual Keypad touchscreen
iQ Power™ Systems – Virtual keypad and touchscreen IP Virtual Keypad™ (switches) Door Virtual Keypads™ (switches) Virtual Keypad™ (steering wheel controls) Smart Touch™ Centerstack Part No. 1310673 AV & Vehicle Virtual

Technology Partners History: The Future EMPOWERED iQ PowerTM touch screen
iQ PowerTM touch screen system iQ PowerTM touch screen system, uses powerful MPA (multipoint activation), proprietary Smart Touch® technology to empower the user to reach and

Technology: Center stack Assembly iQ Power Module
Center stack Assembly iQ Power™ Module GENERAL DESCRIPTION of Center stack Virtual Touchpad™ sensing is a breakthrough in human interface technology on the center stack. Wide design

Hot Fluid Cleaning for Military CVSS – Enhancing Vision Sensor Lens Cleaning
The Clear Vision Safety System’s Hot Fluid Cleaning for Military CVSS offers many significant benefits, with a paramount focus on enhancing vision sensor lens cleaning for military applications. This core advantage is crucial for military operations, ensuring optimal functionality and safety in challenging conditions.

Capacitive-touch cockpit
“Dead cool capacitive-touch cockpit” Smart touch® HMI connectivity brings your home and office to the vehicle capacitive-touch cockpit for the first time…. capacitive-touch cockpit Elegant,

Technology Partners History: Cadillac News Article – No buttons
Auto shows turn heads for Reed City company – No buttons! Cadillac News Cadillac, Michigan By Matt Whetstone REED CITY – Imagine a world without buttons. Or levers.

Technology Partners History: Virtual Revolution – aei
Liquid Crystal displays are replacing analog gauges to give drivers more information in a reconfigurable format. Looking back to the dawn of the automotive era,

Chrysler’s concept Imagines a car without buttons NYT
Chrysler Concept Imagines a Car Without Buttons “You won’t see a single button on this vehicle (car without buttons) from the doors to the interior

Top 30, Auto Innovation Inc article
30 examples of Auto Innovation this is how it’s done! Inc. Magazine April The auto innovation industrial, technological and social FABRIC of America has changed over

Technology Partners History: Auto Shows turn heads for Reed City company
April 10, 2009 Auto shows turn heads for Reed City company This image shows the display a driver would see behind the steering wheel. The

Tech Before its time: Virtual Touchpad for opening and closing car-truck windows
Virtual Touchpad® for opening closing car-truck windows Module Part No. 1330022 A simple touch and sliding motion across a selected window pad controls both opening

Chrysler concept connects inside with Touch Screen Concept
Touch Screen Concept A sizeable free-form touch screen on the sleek Chrysler 200c EV’s instrument panel serves as the driver’s interface to control reconfigurable instruments,

Smart Touch® sensing places the power of the microprocessor at your fingertips
Smart Touch® sensing places the power the microprocessor at your fingertips ABSTRACT Smart Touch® sensing is a breakthrough in human interface technology allowing direct access to

Technology Dashboards that promise to do more than inform
Auto Show – Technology Dashboards That Promise to Do More Than Inform The dashboard of Chrysler’s 200C recognizes gestures. APPARENTLY it is not enough that

Detroit Auto Show: Best In Show
The 200C EV gets my vote because of its instrument cluster. There are no traditional switches or levers.

Technology Partners History: The Future EMPOWERED
Chrysler 200C Tech highlight: UConnect HMI Developed with: Nartron iPhone-style HMI “What lies beyond? That’s what this interior was designed to show,” reveals Klaus

Technology Partners History: ClearFast
ClearFast® Hot Fluid windshield cleaning system Enhance Safety and Visibility with ClearFast® Hot Fluid Windshield Cleaning System The ClearFast® Hot Fluid windshield cleaning system offers a

Big On 1 Vision | Automotive research and development masterpiece
Innovators continue to lead the field in high tech development.

Technology Partners History: Pioneering technology born in Reed City
June 10, 2008 Pioneering technology born in Reed City Apple’s iPhone and Rautiola’s products share the same technology. The Apple product on the left and

Child Safety System, Smart Close™, brings legislator to Reed City
After the demonstration, Congressman Hoekstra was very impressed with Nartron’s product states it is “very powerful” and the “technology seems better than the best they have in Europe.” Hoekstra further felt that the product has “great potential” for the U.S. automotive industry to save kids’ lives.

Capacitive sensing in an automotive environment
Capacitive sensing automotive in an electric environment ABSTRACT Capacitive sensing automotive allows protection in power windows, sunroofs, liftgates, and sliding doors. It also provides greater

Your product meets the specifications for S-3 Control, Remote Switching
Control Remote Switching TACOM life cycle management command for Control, Remote Switching Department of the Army United States Army 6501 EAST 11 MILE ROAD, WARREN, MICHIGAN 48397-5000

Child Reminder – EMC Overview
The overall plan is to move to a more highly integrated electronic circuit architecture. Filtering schemes that have been developed from the earlier versions will be incorporated. The microprocessor’s clock oscillator will be an area of particular focus for future revisions.

Technology Partners History: Defense Logistics Agency – Gold Award
Defense Logistics Agency Defense Supply Center,Columbus Post Office Box 3990 Columbus, OH 43218-3990 IN REPLYREFER TO DSCC-D September, 8 Ms. Sue KidderNartron Corporation5000 NUS 131, Reed City, MI

Technology Partners History: Master Vehicle Light Switch
Introducing the Revolutionary Master Vehicle Light Switch for Extreme Military Applications First “rugged” electronic lighting master switch for military tactical vehicles The first choice for “extreme

Technology Partners History: Firm Gets Army Contract!
May 13, 2006 REED CITY Firm gets Army Contract A West Michigan firm will help outfit the Army’s workhorse vehicle, commonly known as a Humvee,

Technology Partners History: Nartron Awarded US. Army Contract that will Improve Soldiers’ Safety, Save Taxpayers Millions
May 10, 2006 Nartron’s EESS optimized the HMMWV’s reliability in combat, saving lives. Nartron Awarded U.S. Army Contract that will ImproveSoldiers’ Safety, Save Taxpayers Millions

Technology Partners History: Master Vehicle Light Switch (MVLS)
January 31, 2006 Master Vehicle Light Switch (MVLS) GENERAL DESCRIPTION • First “rugged” light switch, fits all military tactical vehicles • The first choice for “extreme

Smart Close® – The only no-trap moveable closure system.
Introducing Smart Close The only* no-trap moveable closure system.

ascencioné earns military award for a starter system
ascencioné® earns military award for starter system Read City – ascencioné® corporation a Reed City company receives the recognition for excellence (in their starter system)

acencioné honored again for technological advances and commitment to safety
Honored again for technological advances and commitment to safety REED CITY – Nartron has won an award for their commitment to safety from the U.S. Military for

Governor gets LIFE SAVING Child Safety System demonstration
Governor gets Child Safety System demonstration High-tech product: Governor Jennifer Granholm receives a demonstration of Invisible Shield technology at Nartron Corporation Friday. Invisible Shield is

Ford anti trap window Product Excellence Award
“Ford Product Excellence Award – windshield cleaning – anti trap window” Mustang GT ♦ ClearFast® – hot fluid windshield cleaning ♦ Invisible Shield™ – “kidSafe®” anti-trapping power windows

Safe Power Automobile Power Window Campaign
Safe Automobile Power Window Campaign – Fact Sheet Automobile Power Window Problem: Power windows in automobiles have killed or injured thousands of children. The death

Pushes the parameters of technology – top innovators
March 4, 2011 Special Section – TECHNOLOGY BY SALLY BARBER Nartron founder pushes the parameters of technology Inc. magazine ranks the company as one of

Webasto Roof Systems Inc. Monthly Supplier Performance Report
Performance Sales Manager 5000 North US 131 Reed City, Ml 49677 SUBJECT: Webasto Roof Systems Inc. Monthly Supplier Performance Report Dear Sales Manager Please find

Technology Partners History: Inc magazine InBox
When business textbooks discuss innovation, an example they often site is 3M. The Minnesota-based giant, which manufactures everything from dental equipment to adhesive tape, gets

Technology Partners History: Inc. Magazine Special addition – Innovation
August 15, 2002 The magazine for growing companies Special Issue Magazine Innovation Step 1 Start with a clean sheet { the innovation factor} Innovation and

Technology Partners History: Breakthrough – Air Conditioning performance
Cool breakthrough in car air conditioning performance announced REED CITY, MICHIGAN, Car air conditioning improvements has been developed. A significant breakthrough to importantly improve the performance and

Delphi Windshield Cleaning System
The IP can now become completely user reconfigurable and provides him the flexibility of a new IP appearance, ie. “virtual change” by instant software upgrades

Automotive Engineering International Tech 2000 Awards AEI
Automotive Engineering – Anti-entrapment – Engineering Awards Automotive Engineering Award for Smart Power® express-close window system is a compact, low cost, fully adaptive system that meets

Pioneer – Nartron certified to military MIL ISO standards.
Pioneer – Big Rapids News – certified to military MIL ISO standards REED CITY – ascencioné® is now Registered and approved to not only world commercial quality standards but also

Final Report for the HMMWV Engine Electrical Start System
Final Report for the HMMWV Engine Electrical Start System Department of the ARMY – Electrical Start System United States Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command Warren, Michigan 48397-5000 Reply

HMMWV Glow Plugs – Teaming, Technology, And Innovation.
HMMWV Glow Plugs The Vehicle Control Unit for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle – HMMWV Control box PCP Since its fielding in the 1980s,

Technology Partners History: Northstar Handling Dynamics
February 2, 2019 Northstar Handling Dynamics At 60 mph, the realtime Road-Sensing Suspension reads the road in one-inch increments. Each wheel is then independently adjusted to enhance driver control. The suspension and

Technology Partners History: GE Supplier Award
Supplier Award Presented! We recognize their contribution to GE Appliances in Value, Innovation, and Productivity. We give you this Supplier Award! We bring good things

Certificate of appreciation – USAF Supply Support USAF
Outstanding Supply Support USAF The Defense Construction Supply Center A certificate of Appreciation is awarded to Nartron for Your outstanding Supply Support during Operation Desert Storm Richard A. BrowningBrigadier

Technology Partners History: Revolutionary HVAC System Announced
February 25, 1991 Revolutionary HVAC System Announced The TurboCool™ climate control system is a significant breakthrough in the application of turbine technology to the need

Technology Partners History: GP8 Part Certification
Subject: GP8 Part Certification ATTN: Bill Farrell – GP8 Part Certification 35 W. Huron St. Suite 404Pontiac, MI 48058 Dear Mr. Farrell: Flint Automotive Division would like

Bar Code Data Collection System Makes Us No. 1 GM Supplier
August 3, 1990 FOR AUTOMATED DATA CAPTURE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT Norman Rautiola Bar Code Data Collection System Makes Us Number 1 GM Supplier Norman Rautiola was

GM Truck & Bus Group – Gold Medal Award
Truck & Bus Group FOR ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN CONFORMANCE TO REQUIREMENTS Presented to the Corporation for Their Exemplary Performance In Shipping and for Adhering to

Ford Motor Co – Delivery Performance Ratings
Supplier Evaluations Delivery Ratings ascencioné Corporation 5000 North US 131 Reed City Michigan 49677 ATTN Production Control DELIVERY PERFORMANCE RATINGS Ford Motor Company Kentucky Truck

Truck Supplier Oshkosh Truck Corporation – Evaluation System
Oshkosh Truck Corporation – Truck Supplier Evaluation System Truck Supplier: Nartron Corporation Location: Reed City, MI 49677 Commodity: Electromechanical Summary Appraisal: Quality Control (40 Points Max.

Preheater Program Update – Technology Partners History
Preheater Program Harrison Radiator Division of General Motors Corporation200 Upper Mountain RoadLockport, New York 14094 NartronCorporation 35 West Huron, Suite 404Pontiac, MI 48058 SUBJECT: NARTRON’s

Technology Partners History: Amway® E.O.L. Flow Switch Assembly
2000 Amway Corporation E.O.L. Flow Switch Assembly 7575 East Fulton Road. Ada. Michigan 49355-000I April 4, 1989 Mr. Marlin Fry Nartron Corporation 5000 North U.S. 131

1st touchscreen 30 years ago!
The industry’s 1st touchscreen, 1988 Buick Buicks exclusive electronic control center for useful data transmission is truly unique. It replaces the functions of 90 different

Technology Partners History: Suspension Programs
Delco Products Suspension Program Delco Products Support Groups 5000 North US-131 Reed City, MI 49677 Dear Team Members: It is comforting to know that organizations

Technology Partners History: Early Touchscreens – Reatta
February 2, 2011 This hand-crafted, two seater Buick was well ahead of its time. Enter the Buick Reatta. Produced from 1988 through 1991. The only way

Technology Partners History: 1st Automotive Human Interactive Touchscreen
1st Human Interactive Automotive Touchscreen Jeep Grand Cherokee with our capacitive automotive touchscreen “Smart Touch® sensing was a significant breakthrough in human interface technology, allowing

Quality Performance Comments – Delco Electronics
Quality Performance Comments Delco Electronics quality performance comments MEMORANDUM From: Q. M. Graham To: R. Titus CC: , (DE) The attention given to the instrument cluster and