WIXOM, Mich., Feb. 27, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Hexagon Metrology today announced the launch of its new Portable Metrology Group (PMG) to serve the North American inspection and measurement marketplace. The newly formed PMG division is supported by the simultaneous unveiling of an information-rich web site at http://www.portablecmm.us. The Hexagon PMG Group now provides a single source for the industry's leading portable CMMs -- Leica Geosystems laser trackers and ROMER(r) portable arms -- used worldwide by the aerospace, automotive, heavy machinery, and general engineering industries.
The Hexagon Metrology group of Hexagon AB (Nacka Strand, Sweden) is the world's largest manufacturer of precision dimensional measurement equipment and software. With recent acquisitions in the PCMM (Portable Coordinate Measurement Machine) sector, the firm has streamlined its expanding enterprise by integrating sales/ marketing forces and customer service operations into a synergistic business group to better serve their large, diverse client base.
"Like any large company with a wide range of products, Hexagon Metrology has to consistently evaluate, unify, and simplify infrastructure," states Bill Gruber, President of Hexagon Metrology, Inc. "Growth is an evolutionary process of consolidation. Our measurement technologies fall into clear vertical segments: portable CMMs, stationary CMMs, and hand-held measurement devices. By forming the Portable Metrology Group, we can better serve our customer base in the mobile metrology arena, and get the appropriate technical information into their hands."
The Hexagon Portable Metrology Group also introduces new product literature featuring their comprehensive offering of articulating arms, laser trackers, theodolites, wireless probes, and rapid non-contact scanning technologies. Online versions of PMG product literature can be found on the home page at http://www.portablecmm.us.
About Leica Geosystems
Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon Company, is a global supplier of comprehensive hardware and software packages for the industrial metrology market. These products integrate with popular CAD programs, various build-and-inspect tools, and reverse engineering software. Using state-of-the-art laser technology, Leica's laser trackers and theodolites make quality control, part mating, assembly and construction of large and small parts easier and more accurate than ever. Leica's U.S. headquarters for metrology products is located at the Hexagon Metrology Precision Center in Miamisburg, Ohio. For more information about Leica Geosystem's metrology products and services, visit their web site at www.leica-geosystems.com/metrology, or call 937-353-1218.
About ROMER Inc.
ROMER Inc., a Hexagon Metrology company, markets and manufactures high accuracy 3D coordinate measurement systems for the industrial marketplace. Since 1973, the company has provided innovative and dependable portable metrology solutions for aerospace, automotive, heavy machinery, and general engineering industries. ROMER's corporate headquarters is located at the Hexagon Metrology Precision Center in Wixom, MI. The company provides contract inspection, customer support, technical services and product training at this facility. For more information about ROMER products and services, visit their web site at www.romer.com, call toll-free 800-218-7125, or email: sales@romer.com.
About Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology serves the high precision measurement and inspection needs of Worldwide manufacturers with its extensive line of metrology hardware, software, accessories, and customer services. The company's name-brand portfolio of quality assurance products include Brown & Sharpe, Leica Geosystems, ROMER, Sheffield, PC-DMIS, DEA, Leitz, and TESA. Hexagon Metrology has an unrivaled installed base of more than 1.5 million handheld, stationary and portable measurement devices, and over 30,000 seats of PC-DMIS metrology software. The company is a subsidiary of Hexagon Measurement Technologies, a business unit of Hexagon AB (Nacka Strand, Sweden), a publicly-traded company (Stockholm:HEXAB). The Hexagon group consists of nearly 8,200 employees located in 30 countries. Call 800-426-1066 or visit www.hexagonmetrology.us for more information about Hexagon Metrology Inc. and its trusted brands.
Link to Press Release: http://portablecmm.us/pmg-news/hexagon-metrology-inc-forms-new-portable-metrology-group