Marie-Anne Schirmer is currently responsible for Business Development of the Allegro sensor cleaning systems for autonomous driving in the innovation department at Kautex. Marie-Anne has been working at Kautex for over 15 years in different areas such as Engineering, Program Management and Sales for Fuel and SCR Systems. She studied Mechanical Engineering at the Ecole des Mines d’Albi Engineering Highschool in France and completed her studies as Diploma Engineer in 2006.

Kautex Textron is a global Tier 1 Automotive supplier and an expert in Clear Vision Systems, offering a range of high efficiency wash and air cleaning systems. Road dirt, snow, ice, debris, and other environmental conditions affect the visibility and performance of cameras, sensors, windshields and headlamps on the vehicle. The intelligent and customizable Kautex Allegro™ cleaning systems can be used on L1 to L5 ADAS vehicles, from single camera cleaning to camera and LiDAR combinations, and up to multi-point sensor systems in highly automated vehicles. The Allegro cleaning systems and Kautex proprietary ADAS components are designed and developed to meet any customer cleaning needs.