Hexagon expands its offering in the Vision Metrology business

10 December 2009

Hexagon has recently acquired all outstanding assets and intellectual property of two German companies within the vision metrology industry. The acquisitions will further enhance Hexagon’s worldwide product offering in multisensor vision technology.

The background to the acquisitions is the growing demand for 3D feature recognition using optical, white light and non-contact scanning probes in the metrology industry. Customers need flexible equipment with multiple sensors for measuring a variety of features in one set up. This is a high growth area within Metrology and the targeted customer groups are found in a number of different industries such as High-tech, Medical, Electronics and Micro-machining.

The acquired assets and IPs from Mahr Multisensor GmbH gives Hexagon a complete range of optical coordinate measuring systems used for measuring in industrial applications, as well as in science and research.

Mycrona GmbH is the other company which Hexagon has acquired all assets and IPs from. Mycrona is a manufacturer of state-of-the-art 3D multi-sensor coordinate measuring machines. Mycrona’s product portfolio consists of a complete range of machines for the vision industry. Each product offering is available with camera, laser or white light scanning sensors as well as contact probe systems. In addition the machines already offer Hexagon’s PCDMIS Vision Software, on all their products.

The acquired businesses will be integrated into Hexagon’s Metrology Vision business. It will be operated with R&D and manufacturing facilities in Germany and China.
”With these acquisitions Hexagon covers all aspects of the multisensor market from fairly simple low-end systems already established via Hexagon’s subsidiary Tesa to the advanced automated systems that Mahr and Mycrona represents. It also opens up the door to the nano segment of the measurement technology industry", says Ola Rollén, CEO and President of Hexagon AB.

Hexagon AB
Hexagon AB is a global measurement technologies company with strong market positions. Hexagon's mission is to develop and market leading technologies and services to measure in one, two or three dimensions, to position and update objects and to time processes. The group has about 8 000 employees in 35 countries and net sales of about 13 000 MSEK. Read more at http://www.hexagon.se.

About Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology offers a comprehensive range of products and services for all industrial metrology applications in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, energy and medical. We support our customers with actionable measurement information along the complete life cycle of a product – from development and design to production, assembly and final inspection.

With more than 20 production facilities and 70 Precision Centers for service and demonstrations, and a network of over 100 distribution partners on five continents, we empower our customers to fully control their manufacturing processes, enhancing the quality of products and increasing efficiency in manufacturing plants around the world. For more information, visit www.hexagonmetrology.com.

Hexagon Metrology is part of Hexagon (Nordic exchange: HEXA B; www.hexagon.com). Hexagon is a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies that enable customers to design, measure and position objects, and process and present data.

Hexagon Metrology Services Ltd.
World Headquarters Office
Cedar House
78 Portsmouth Road
Cobham, Surrey
KT11 1AN
Great Britain

For further information, please contact:

Europe, Middle East & Africa
Birgit Albrecht, Marketing & Communications Manager
Phone: +41 44 809 35 71, e-mail: press@hexagonmetrology.com

Americas
Bill Fetter, Director of Marketing and Communications
Phone: +1 847 931-0100 ext. 5234, e-mail: press.us@hexagonmetrology.com

Asia Pacific
Shruti Khanna, Lead Consultant - Marketing Communications
Phone: +91 99636 86763, e-mail: shruti.khanna@hexagonmetrology.com

China
Lu Liao, Marketing Manager
Phone: +86 532 8089 5236, e-mail: lu.liao@hexagonmetrology.com

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