Schrader Performance Sensors, an aftermarket brand of Sensata Technologies, is the leading OE manufacturer of tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). This year, Schrader is proud and humbled to be amongst only a few brand names in history to celebrate a Dodransbicentennial, a 175 th anniversary. The Schrader brand dates all the way back to 1844 where August Schrader started a shop that primarily manufactured rubber valves and fittings. Later, Schrader became well-known for the invention of the famous "Schrader valve", the same pneumatic tyre valve that can be found on most vehicles on the road today. Schrader is also known for developing tyre gauges and valves for diving helmets used by the US Navy during WWll. In 1984, Schrader pioneered some of the first TPMS systems to ever hit the market, giving the Schrader brand the position it has today as the world-leader in OE and aftermarket TPMS.