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Leica integrates into Hexagon Metrology

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Jan 19, 2006

Hexagon Group has acquiresd the Metrology Division of Leica Geosystems as an additional Business Line within the present Hexagon Metrology organisation.

The recent entry of Leica Geosystems into the Hexagon group has been given the go-ahead to a plan intended to welcome the Metrology Division of Leica Geosystems as an additional Business Line within the present Hexagon Metrology organisation.

Leica Metrology, with headquarters in Unterentfelden, Switzerland, is a world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of portable measuring solutions based on laser technology, namely Leica Laser Trackers, Industrial Theodolites and Total Stations.

The Leica Metrology products are widely employed in the automotive, aerospace and general industry.

They are ideally suitable for metrology applications on large-sized components, as aerospace parts, requiring a combination of accurate, as well as portable and easy-to-use measuring equipment.

Duncan Redgewell (formerly vice president and sales manager Europe at Leica Metrology) has been appointed general manager of the newborn Business Line.

Redgewell said: "We are maintaining an absolute commitment to product excellence and superior support.

The integration of our business into Hexagon Metrology will create competitive synergies turning into benefits for our customers, that can rely on the usual quality of our products and services, now further enhanced by an organization having a strong high-tech metrology core worldwide".

Redgewell added: "Along with Hexagon Metrology, we'll maintain a steady focus on providing superior industrial metrology products while ensuring a deeper market penetration that enables us to generate additional sales volume and meeting specific manufacturing requirements of our customers more effectively,".

The Leica Laser Trackers and the Industrial Theodolites and Total Stations from Leica Metrology complement the existing portable measurement solutions portfolio of Hexagon Metrology that already includes a wide range of articulated arms, dedicated application solutions, software and services, meeting all requirements of this rapidly growing market segment.

Hexagon Metrology is now the undisputed leader in the dimensional metrology sector as to range completeness, technological level of the products, customer support and market coverage.