Hexagon acquires German vision specialist

London-headquartered Hexagon Metrology has acquired the assets and technical intellectual property of vision specialist Mahr Multisensor GmbH.

Hexagon Metrology will reorganise the business, and has agreed to employ certain technical service, development, and application engineering staff from Mahr Multisensor GmbH. The vision business unit and products will be integrated into Hexagon Metrology, the world's largest industrial measurement group, incorporating the leading industry brands Brown & Sharpe, CE Johansson, CimCore, CogniTens, DEA, Leica Geosystems (Metrology Division), Leitz, m&h Inprocess Messtechnik, PC-DMIS, ROMER, Sheffield and TESA. "This acquisition will further enhance our worldwide product offering in multi-sensor vision technology and confirms Hexagon Metrology's commitment to offer the widest range of measuring systems for all industrial applications", said William Gruber, CEO and president of Hexagon Metrology.