Updated: Friday the 25th of May, 2012 Hexagon Metrology Ltd

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Hexagon Metrology Ltd
Metrology House
Halesfield 13
Telford
Shropshire
TF7 4PL

Tel: 0870 446 2667
Fax: 0870 446 2668
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Company Description
All facets of metrology

When the issue is metrology, Hexagon Metrology is without question the specialist. With the most comprehensive product range on the market, a marked international orientation and an eye for top quality we are very well equipped to optimally meet our customers' requirements.

Hexagon Metrology is part of the Hexagon AB Group and includes leading metrology brands such as Brown & Sharpe, CogniTens, DEA, Leica Geosystems (Metrology Division), Leitz, m&h Inprocess Messtechnik, Optiv, PC-DMIS, QUINDOS, ROMER and TESA.

Hexagon Metrology brands represent an unrivaled global installed base of millions of Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), portable measuring systems and handheld instruments, and tens of thousands of metrology software licenses. Hexagon Metrology empowers its customers to fully control manufacturing processes that rely on dimensional precision, ensuring that products manufactured precisely conform to the original product design. The company offering of machines, systems and software is complemented by a wide range of product support, aftermarket and value-added services.


Detailed Information
No of Employees: 51-100

Company Type:
  • Manufacturer
  • Distributor
  • Service Providers
Parent Company: Hexagon Ab

UK Branches: Swindon, Milton Keynes

ISO Compliance: ISO 9001 Investors in People

Brand & Trade Names
  • Brown & Sharpe - Brown & Sharpe is a major manufacturer of a full range of coordinate measuring machines, from small shop floor CMMs to fully integrated measuring systems, used in process control and quality control applications. The company's mission is to provide customers in North America with a single source of equipment and accessories, technical expertise, metrology training, software, and complete aftermarket services including parts, maintenance, upgrades, retrofits, and rebuilds.
  • Cognitens - CogniTens is the leading provider of 3D optical measurement solutions for industrial applications. CogniTens dimensional measurement systems help improve engineering and manufacturing processes in automotive and other manufacturing industries. Based on innovations in 3D non-contact measurement technology, CogniTens solutions help increase efficiency during critical stages of preproduction, launch, ramp up and mass production. CogniTens provides tools and processes for capturing, analyzing and distributing highly meaningful dimensional metrology information to support different industrial engineering activities such as tooling, part production, assembly, quality and process control.
  • DEA - Since 1963, DEA has been one of the world's premier brands in Coordinate Measuring Machine technology. The main facilities are located in the Torino area (Italy), where highly skilled teams of mechanical, electronic and software engineers are committed to the continuous development of state-of-the-art solutions for dimensional quality inspection. DEA products are used by virtually every industry in every geographical market throughout the world.
  • Leica Geosystems (Metrology Products) - Whether building the fastest car, the biggest plane, or the most precise tooling, you need exact measurements to improve quality and productivity. So when it has to be right, professionals trust Leica Geosystems Metrology to help collect, analyze, and present 3-dimensional (3D) data for industrial measurement. Leica Geosystems Metrology is best known for its broad array of control and industrial measurement products including laser trackers, Local Positioning Technology (LPT) based systems, hand-held scanners, 3D software and high-precision total stations. Those who use Leica Geosystems Metrology products every day trust them for their dependability, the value they deliver, and the world-class service & support that's second to none. Precision, reliability and service from Leica Geosystems Metrology.
  • Leitz - The Leitz brand as part of Hexagon Metrology stands for high accuracy coordinate measuring machines, gear inspection centers and probes. Leitz measurement systems master quality assurance tasks equally well both in metrology labs as well as on the shop floor. The development and production are located in Wetzlar, Germany. For more than 30 years Leitz has been offering its customers the best innovative measurement technology available. The primary goal remains offering modern solutions for demanding measurement tasks.
  • m&h Inprocess - Touch probes from m&h measure workpieces on milling machines, machining centres, lathes, turning/milling machines, grinding machines, special machines and robots. Both in small businesses and in middle or large-scale production, workpieces are not only aligned, but geometries are inspected while still on the machine. Touch probes facilitate daily work, reduce manufacturing time and costs and increase the possibilities of modern machines.
  • Optiv - Hexagon Metrology is the all-rounder in the world of metrology. With its new brand Optiv, the world's largest metrology group keeps this promise once again. Optiv stands for multisensor measuring machines of any kind. The portfolio ranges from benchtop measuring machines to high-accuracy multisensor measuring machines which achieve top performances even in the nano range. Multisensor measuring machines combine optical and tactile measuring techniques and thus, enable the user to measure all features of a workpiece in one measurement cycle. At the same time Optiv features both: flexibility and accuracy. Optiv. Optical Performance Technology in Vision.
  • PC-DMIS - Founded in 1990, Wilcox Associates, Inc. is the developer of PC-DMIS, the world's leading CMM software, and Enterprise Metrology Solutions (EMS), a tightly integrated suite of software products focused on the collection, evaluation, management and presentation of manufacturing data. These products allow manufacturers to quickly capture dimensional data, analyze it and act on it to reduce scrap, improve throughput and reduce costs. WAI employs over 100 talented software engineers located worldwide working in a collaborative environment. They are dedicated to bringing our customers the best metrology software technology possible.
  • ROMER - ROMER is the originator of the portable measuring arm (first created in 1986 in Montoire, France). The technological advance, the know-how, the demand for constant quality in the manufacture of the arms, the international presence are the main strengths of ROMER. Other products from ROMER include scanning probes for reverse engineering, non contact probes for tube inspection and milling of raw materials.
  • TESA - Established in 1941, TESA SA manufactures and markets today more than 5,000 dimensional metrology products, ranging from high-precision hand-held tools to sophisticated measuring systems. CMM products and vision systems for non-contact measurement are now also included. Most of them are produced under the SWISS MADE Label. A worldwide direct sales and distribution network is one of the major assets of the Swiss company whose primary markets are the automotive, aerospace, watch-making and metal processing.

Primary Market Areas
  • Aerospace & Defence
  • Engineering & Automotive
  • Test & Measurement

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