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[July 2007]
Hexagon Acquires Leading German Software Company
Hexagon AB (Nacka Strand, Sweden) has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of the German company Messtechnik Wetzlar GmbH (www.mtwz.de). The company will be integrated into Hexagon Metrology, the world’s largest industrial measurement group, incorporating the leading industry brands such as Brown & Sharpe, CE Johansson, CogniTens, DEA, Leitz, Leica Geosystems, Sheffield, ROMER, PC-DMIS and TESA.
MTWZ will continue its current operations unchanged under the Messtechnik Wetzlar GmbH name. Within Hexagon Metrology, MTWZ will further develop its successful QUINDOS software.
Hexagon Metrology uses QUINDOS in combination with the high-accuracy Leitz coordinate measurement machines and has until now been MTWZ's largest and most important business partner. "The acquisition of MTWZ shows our commitment to the high-end segment of software tools in the quality control of prismatic parts. MTWZ's software package QUINDOS7 complements the Hexagon software package PC-DMIS and thus our software offerings in this area," said Ola Rollén, CEO and President of Hexagon AB.
The company has recorded a healthy growth over the last few years and is expected to further grow in the future. MTWZ will be fully consolidated as of 1 July 2008.
www.hexagonmetrology.com
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