Leica consists of more than
just Leica Camera AG in Solms. The original
company of Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH was split into three independent companies,
LEICA CAMERA AG in Solms, Germany, LEICA MICROSYSTEMS GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany
and LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
Heerbrugg, Switzerland.
In 2005 Leica Geosystems was
acquired by the company of Hexagon Metrology, headquartered in Cobham, Surrey, Great Britain. Hexagon
Metrology offers a comprehensive range of products and services for all
industrial metrology applications in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, energy
and medical. They support their customers with actionable measurement
information along the complete life cycle of a product – from development and
design to production, assembly and final inspection.
With more than 20 production
facilities and 70 Precision Centers for service and demonstrations, and a
network of over 100 distribution partners on five continents, they empower
their customers to fully control their manufacturing processes, enhancing the
quality of products and increasing efficiency in manufacturing plants around
the world.
Along with Leica Camera AG,
Hexagon Metrology has also been building a new facility in Wetzlar for the
production of Leica Geosystems to expand their capacity in Germany.
Groundbreaking began in November
2011. The official opening was in September 2012. The production hall opening in Wetzlar was
celebrated with about 350 guests from the worlds of commerce, science and politics
attending the Metrology Forum Wetzlar held on 27th and 28th September 2012. The
building provides space for the manufacture of ultra-high-precision 3D
coordinate measuring machines under the Leitz brand, sensor assembly as well as
the Research and Development Department.
Hexagon Metrology has an
excellent reputation in the field of ultra-high-precision measurement – a
unique expertise for which Leica Geosystems also manufactures, for example, the
world's most accurate coordinate measuring machine Leitz Infinity, which boasts
a measuring accuracy of 0.3 micrometres.
With the new Leica Geosystem
facility and the upcoming move of Leica Camera back to Wetzlar, the area’s
reputation as a world leader in optics an precision measurement techniques will
continue to be assured.
More information on the other
Leica companies can be found here:
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This is really interesting. I didn't know that Leica was involved in so many different ventures. Who are the main customers of Leica Geosystems/Hexagon Metrology?
ReplyDeleteThe main customers for the Leica Geosystems made items are: NASA, Airbus, BAE, Dassault Aviation, Eurocopter, Bosch, Audi, Volkswagen, Daimler (Mercedes), Chrysler, BMW, General Motors, Ford, Caterpillar, Bombardier, and a lot more. The list is almost endless.
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