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New touch probes and probe software that increase machine tool automation, improve process control and allow advanced on-machine part verification, will be a major feature of Renishaw’s stand at EMO Milan (hall 7 stand G06). For visitors sourcing off-line measurement products, there will also be the opportunity to discuss Renishaw’s new retrofit service for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs), including MODUS™ the company’s first metrology software, and a new high-speed solution for valve seat and guide measurement.

There will also be a range of new motion control products, including a true absolute optical encoder for rotary and linear applications, and unique track-mounted linear encoder scale system.

Being launched at IDS Cologne, hall 3.2, stand G18, Renishaw’s incise™ dental milling system will enable dental laboratories to manufacture zirconia frameworks in-house. Styled and sized to match the incise™ dental scanning machine (pictured right), it uses a highly accurate Renishaw contact probe for job set-up and monitoring of the cutting tool.

Together with Renishaw’s central milling option, dental laboratories now have access to a dental CAD/CAM system that offers both in-lab and out sourced manufacturing options.

White paper: 'Survival of the fittest - the process control imperative'

In tough times, manufacturers focus on reducing their operating costs, but may not be able to afford to spend their way out by buying more productive machinery. With that pathway closed, what are the opportunities for radically reducing costs without replacing existing machines?

Where can we:

• reduce manning levels?
• reduce unproductive time such as setting or waiting for
  operators?
• reduce scrap, rework and concessions?
• reduce inspection costs?

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Renishaw to focus on machine tool and CMM utilisation at EMO 2009

New touch probes and probe software that increase machine tool automation, improve process control and allow advanced on-machine part verification, will be a major feature of Renishaw’s stand at EMO Milan (hall 7 stand G06). For visitors sourcing off-line measurement products, there will also be the opportunity to discuss Renishaw’s new retrofit service for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs), including MODUS™ the company’s first metrology software, and a new high-speed solution for valve seat and guide measurement.

There will also be a range of new motion control products, including a true absolute optical encoder for rotary and linear applications, and unique track-mounted linear encoder scale system.

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Renishaw Productivity Centre supports new Foundation Degree in Metrology

The West Midlands Manufacturing Measurement Centre (WMMMC), a member of the UK network of Renishaw Productivity Centres, will be supporting Coventry University’s new Foundation Degree Fdeng in Metrology which was launched on 19th June 2009. Based within the University, the WMMMC will work closely with the School of Lifelong Learning who will deliver a Foundation Degree that is designed to fill the skills gap in the understanding and application of measurement.

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Magnetic encoder modules offer non-contact alternative to potentiometers

Potentiometers provide low cost, analogue position feedback with simple integration. However, they are subject to degradation of performance, or even failure, due to wear and contamination. A dirty or worn potentiometer can provide noisy, unreliable operation, requiring periodic replacement.

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Latest version of machine tool performance analysis software is now free of charge for existing users of Renishaw’s QC10 ballbar

Following the release of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system and the rapid adoption of the 64 bit technology by PC hardware OEMs, Renishaw has taken steps to ensure compatibility by releasing a new version of its Ballbar5 software that is specifically designed for use with both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows XP and Vista.

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New version of on-machine 3D part verification software includes enhancements for multi-axis machine tools

Renishaw has consolidated its market leading range of PC-based measurement software for CNC machine tools with a new version of its easy-to-program 3D inspection software, Renishaw OMV. The new version now allows users of multi-axis CNC machine tools to guarantee accurate measurement results through the ability to add two or more alignments in a program. Renishaw OMV 2.02 is also Microsoft® Windows Vista® compatible and offers enhanced graphical reporting with user-configurable tools.

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On-machine geometric measurement significantly enhanced with new measurement and reporting capability

Renishaw, the world’s leading supplier of PC-based measurement software for CNC machine tools, is releasing a new version of its Renishaw OMV Pro software, a powerful package that works with touch probes to give advanced on-machine part verification and machine simulation capabilities. Now supporting Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Renishaw OMV Pro 2.02 adds more advanced co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM) style capability with an extended range of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) functionality, plus the ability to work with multiple alignments in a single program, useful for users of complex multi-axis machine tools.

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Renishaw expertise assists the readers of leading machine tool industry magazine

US-based Modern Machine Shop (MMS), one of the world’s leading magazines devoted to metalworking and associated technologies, has called on three teams of experts from Renishaw to help its readers with questions relating to measurement and inspection. The assistance being offered is part of the magazine’s new on-line ‘Ask the expert’ initiative, which includes experts from a variety of different engineering disciplines, including a team from Boeing that will advise on issues relating to aerospace machining.

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New FASTRACK™ linear encoder scale system

FASTRACK linear encoder scale system combines high accuracy, tape scale convenience and unrivalled ruggedness

Designed for applications that demand high accuracy and easily removable scale, the FASTRACK scale system consists of two miniature, yet rugged, guide rails. These securely retain Renishaw’s new low-profile scales (8 x 0.2 mm cross-section) and allow them to freely expand at their own thermal expansion coefficient with almost zero hysteresis (sub-micron on a centre-clamped 2 metre axis over the entire operating temperature range, for example). If damaged, the scale can be pulled out of the guide rails and quickly replaced, even where access is limited, thus reducing machine downtime.

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Improved measurement performance with new motorised heads for co-ordinate measuring machines

Following a series of design enhancements, Renishaw’s industry-standard family of PH10 motorised indexing heads for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) now have a 20% improvement in repeatability and increased long-term stability.

Combined with an optional extended 2-year warranty, the new PH10 heads offer CMM users a new standard of indexing head performance, providing reliable precision in even the most demanding measurement applications.

All three variants of the new PH10 heads are now supplied with a revised repeatability specification, down from 0.5µm (2σ) to just 0.4µm (2σ) (specified at a distance of 62 mm), giving users improved positioning at the stylus tip.

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White paper: "At the sharp end – a guide to CMM stylus selection"

When deciding the best way to measure a component on a co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM), many choices are made by default because they have been carefully thought through many times before. The accuracy specification of the CMM, the best type of sensor to use (touch or scanning) and the optimum probing method are often taken for granted and not questioned. However, this foundation for good metrology can be undermined by an inappropriate or ill-considered choice of stylus, with the result that measurement accuracy can be compromised.

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Of robot mice and men

International ‘Micromouse’ competitions inspire the engineers of the future with ever more sophisticated electronic designs, including the latest Renishaw magnetic encoders.

What is so interesting about a competition to design, build and program a robotic ‘mouse’ that finds its own way to the centre of a 16 x 16 maze in the shortest possible time? Micromouse events have fascinated the cleverest time-served engineers, but also captured the imagination of students, demonstrating the exciting possibilities of an engineering career to young minds.

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New AM4096 12-bit magnetic encoder chip

Renishaw’s new AM4096 magnetic encoder IC takes proven on-axis encoder technology a step further with increased functionality and reduced costs. The OnAxis™ technology developed by Renishaw’s associate company RLS d.o.o. is used in many demanding motor and control applications where traditional encoder technologies might fail.

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New CEO required for ground breaking molecular diagnostics business

3rd June 2009: D3 Technologies Ltd, a world leading provider of trace level detection technologies based on the exploitation of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS), today announced that it has initiated a search for a new Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s current CEO, Professor Ewen Smith (pictured right), will continue to serve in his current position during the search process before he stands down later this year, thus ensuring an orderly transition during an exciting period of development in the molecular diagnostics market.

The Company is seeking a high calibre inspirational individual, with international experience of new product development and marketing of clinical molecular diagnostics products, to lead D3 Technologies as it moves towards the international launch of its first in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) products.

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White paper: 'Unlock the hidden potential of your CMMs'

Measurement is vital to any manufacturing business, providing essential information to control processes and verify products. But older co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) can become bottlenecks if they fail to keep pace with changing measurement needs.

Advances in sensor, metrology software and controller technology now offer the opportunity to transform existing CMMs, providing greater accuracy, faster measurement, more automation and new capabilities, whilst taking full advantage of CAD-driven programming.

In the current climate, upgrading also makes good economic and ecological sense.

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TURBOCAM 'high fives' revolutionary five-axis CMM measurement technology

Leader in five-axis turbomachinery production quickly adopts newfive-axis Renishaw inspection system, gains faster throughput, greater CMM utilization, and programming reductions from days to hours

Constantly changing surface geometries, pin-wheeling shapes and tight, intricate features make turbomachinery components — impellers, blades and blisks — some of industry's most complex and exacting shapes. TURBOCAM International achieved leadership in this specialized field by mastery of five-axis machining and five-axis programming software. However, efficient inspection of ever increasing numbers of complex parts was frustrated by slow, tedious, stop-and-go measurement inspection on a legacy 3+2 axis coordinate measuring machine (CMM).

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CMM retrofit service launched at Control 2009

Renishaw announced a series of major new initiatives at Control 2009, including its first CMM retrofit service, and MODUS™, its first metrology software. There was also strong interest in a new probe that allows surface finish inspection within a standard CMM programme, plus the latest linear magnetic encoder technology and a new true absolute optical encoder for rotary and linear applications.

There was a very positive reaction to the new products and services, with many visitors especially pleased that Renishaw is now able to offer a complete CMM measurement package for the first time.

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World premiere of innovative medical devices for neurosurgery

Renishaw, a world leader in engineering technologies, is introducing an exciting range of high precision systems for functional and stereotactic neurosurgery at the 15th Quadrennial Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN) taking place in Toronto, Canada, from May 24th to 27th 2009.

These include the neuromate® surgical robot, and image-guided stereotactic technologies, some of which are still in development.

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Renishaw shares knowledge to help UK manufacturers weather the storm

The Manufacturing Advisory Service in the South West (MAS-SW) is advising manufacturers across the UK to work together and share best practice to weather the current economic downturn.

The benefits of this advice were borne out of the region’s top manufacturers attendance of the MAS’ national best practice visit, recently hosted by Renishaw, one of the world’s leading engineering technology companies.

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Royal interest in Renishaw's research work

Renishaw’s research facility at Exeter University enjoyed a visit this week from HRH The Princess Royal, who was at the University to officially open Phase II of its Innovation Centre. Within the Centre, Princess Anne was given an overview of Renishaw’s research activities by Colin Bulled, General Manager of Renishaw Exeter, and she also visited a Greenpeace research laboratory and a test laboratory for the NHS foetal anomaly screening programme (image courtesy of Exeter University).

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Renishaw supports new engineering and physics library at Cardiff University

Renishaw, one of the world’s leading engineering technology companies, recently attended the official opening of Cardiff University’s newly redesigned Trevithick Library performed by television personality and Honorary Fellow, Carol Vorderman (pictured right with sponsors). The new state-of-the art learning facility includes the ‘Renishaw Room’, a group study facility that was made possible through a five-year sponsorship agreement signed last year between Renishaw and the University.

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D3 Technologies provides R&D to aid chronic wound care 

Glasgow based company, D3 Technologies Ltd, a subsidiary of Renishaw plc, has been confirmed as an R&D provider to ITI Techmedia's latest research and development (R&D) Programme. ITI will develop technology to aid healthcare clinicians with wound infection diagnosis and the management of chronic wounds. The technology is set to enable wound care therapies that will significantly improve patients’ quality of life and reduce associated healthcare costs.

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New technology will boost North Bristol Trust’s neurosciences service

Cutting-edge robot technology that enables neurosurgeons to deliver sophisticated neuro-implantable devices with pinpoint accuracy will soon be in place at the UK’s North Bristol NHS Trust.

The Friends of Frenchay Hospital have agreed to provide the £270,000 funding for the neuromate® surgical robot made by Renishaw plc. In addition to this, they are going purchase a new surgical planning station which will replace the manual method that has been relied upon for Deep Brain Stimulation cases in particular. 

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Renishaw to focus on machine tool and CMM utilisation at EMO 2009

New touch probes and probe software that increase machine tool automation, improve process control and allow advanced on-machine part verification, will be a major feature of Renishaw’s stand at EMO Milan (hall 7 stand G06). For visitors sourcing off-line measurement products, there will also be the opportunity to discuss Renishaw’s new retrofit service for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs), including MODUS™ the company’s first metrology software, and a new high-speed solution for valve seat and guide measurement.

There will also be a range of new motion control products, including a true absolute optical encoder for rotary and linear applications, and unique track-mounted linear encoder scale system.

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Renishaw Productivity Centre supports new Foundation Degree in Metrology

The West Midlands Manufacturing Measurement Centre (WMMMC), a member of the UK network of Renishaw Productivity Centres, will be supporting Coventry University’s new Foundation Degree Fdeng in Metrology which was launched on 19th June 2009. Based within the University, the WMMMC will work closely with the School of Lifelong Learning who will deliver a Foundation Degree that is designed to fill the skills gap in the understanding and application of measurement.

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Renishaw expertise assists the readers of leading machine tool industry magazine

US-based Modern Machine Shop (MMS), one of the world’s leading magazines devoted to metalworking and associated technologies, has called on three teams of experts from Renishaw to help its readers with questions relating to measurement and inspection. The assistance being offered is part of the magazine’s new on-line ‘Ask the expert’ initiative, which includes experts from a variety of different engineering disciplines, including a team from Boeing that will advise on issues relating to aerospace machining. 

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New CEO required for ground breaking molecular diagnostics business

3rd June 2009: D3 Technologies Ltd, a world leading provider of trace level detection technologies based on the exploitation of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS), today announced that it has initiated a search for a new Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s current CEO, Professor Ewen Smith (pictured right), will continue to serve in his current position during the search process before he stands down later this year, thus ensuring an orderly transition during an exciting period of development in the molecular diagnostics market.

The Company is seeking a high calibre inspirational individual, with international experience of new product development and marketing of clinical molecular diagnostics products, to lead D3 Technologies as it moves towards the international launch of its first in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) products.

Full story and downloads

CMM retrofit service launched at Control 2009

Renishaw announced a series of major new initiatives at Control 2009, including its first CMM retrofit service, and MODUS™, its first metrology software. There was also strong interest in a new probe that allows surface finish inspection within a standard CMM programme, plus the latest linear magnetic encoder technology and a new true absolute optical encoder for rotary and linear applications.

There was a very positive reaction to the new products and services, with many visitors especially pleased that Renishaw is now able to offer a complete CMM measurement package for the first time. 

Full story and downloads

World premiere of innovative medical devices for neurosurgery

Renishaw, a world leader in engineering technologies, is introducing an exciting range of high precision systems for functional and stereotactic neurosurgery at the 15th Quadrennial Meeting of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN) taking place in Toronto, Canada, from May 24th to 27th 2009.

These include the neuromate® surgical robot, and image-guided stereotactic technologies, some of which are still in development.

Full story and downloads

Renishaw shares knowledge to help UK manufacturers weather the storm

The Manufacturing Advisory Service in the South West (MAS-SW) is advising manufacturers across the UK to work together and share best practice to weather the current economic downturn.

The benefits of this advice were borne out of the region’s top manufacturers attendance of the MAS’ national best practice visit, recently hosted by Renishaw, one of the world’s leading engineering technology companies.

Full story and downloads

Royal interest in Renishaw's research work

Renishaw’s research facility at Exeter University enjoyed a visit this week from HRH The Princess Royal, who was at the University to officially open Phase II of its Innovation Centre. Within the Centre, Princess Anne was given an overview of Renishaw’s research activities by Colin Bulled, General Manager of Renishaw Exeter, and she also visited a Greenpeace research laboratory and a test laboratory for the NHS foetal anomaly screening programme.

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Renishaw supports new engineering and physics library at Cardiff University

Renishaw, one of the world’s leading engineering technology companies, recently attended the official opening of Cardiff University’s newly redesigned Trevithick Library performed by television personality and Honorary Fellow, Carol Vorderman (pictured right with sponsors). The new state-of-the art learning facility includes the ‘Renishaw Room’, a group study facility that was made possible through a five-year sponsorship agreement signed last year between Renishaw and the University.

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D3 Technologies provides R&D to aid chronic wound care

Glasgow based company, D3 Technologies Ltd, a subsidiary of Renishaw plc, has been confirmed as an R&D provider to ITI Techmedia's latest research and development (R&D) Programme. ITI will develop technology to aid healthcare clinicians with wound infection diagnosis and the management of chronic wounds. The technology is set to enable wound care therapies that will significantly improve patients’ quality of life and reduce associated healthcare costs.

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Renishaw wins Queen's Award for high accuracy touch probe

Renishaw plc, a world leading supplier of engineering technologies, is delighted to announce that it has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2009 in the Innovations category, the company’s thirteenth Queen’s Award since its formation in 1973, and its fourth in just six years. This prestigious Award has been granted for the company’s highly innovative OMP400 ultra compact high-accuracy touch probe which is used for 3D measurement on computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools.

The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the UK’s most prestigious awards for business performance, which recognise and reward outstanding achievement by UK companies. For Renishaw which earns some 94% of its sales revenues overseas, the international credibility of the Awards is also very important.

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Renishaw to present at leading additive manufacturing conference

The organisers of the forthcoming TCT Live Additive Manufacturing Conference have announced the line-up of confirmed key speakers, which includes Jeremy Pullin, Renishaw’s Rapid Manufacturing Manager (pictured right).

This annual conference, being held from 20th to 21st October 2009 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK, focuses on providing solutions for accelerating products to market, and will also feature a keynote address from Airbus UK.

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Renishaw launches groundbreaking CMM retrofit service and true absolute optical encoders at Control 2009

Renishaw will be announcing a series of major new initiatives at Control 2009 (stand 3304, hall 3), including its first CMM retrofit service, its first metrology software, a new surface finish probe and a range of new optical encoders including a fine-pitch absolute encoder with ground-breaking specifications.
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New compact milling system complements Renishaw’s incise™ dental CAD/CAM system

Being launched at IDS Cologne, hall 3.2, stand G18, Renishaw’s incise™ dental milling system will enable dental laboratories to manufacture zirconia frameworks in-house. Styled and sized to match the incise™ dental scanning machine (pictured right), it uses a highly accurate Renishaw contact probe for job set-up and monitoring of the cutting tool. Together with Renishaw’s central milling option, dental laboratories now have access to a dental CAD/CAM system that offers both in-lab and out sourced manufacturing options.

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Renishaw and Thai-German Institute to promote metrology best practice

Metrology specialist Renishaw and the Thai-German Institute (TGI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly promote and carry out education about the benefits of machine calibration and probing technologies to Thailand’s engineering industries, with the aim of helping to improve manufacturing processes.

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New Indonesian representative office for engineering technologies leader

Renishaw, one of the world’s leading measurement and spectroscopy companies, has opened a representative office in Jakarta to support its expanding base of OEM and end-user customers in Indonesia.

The company has seen good growth in many of the industries that it supplies, but will be giving special focus to manufacturing enterprises serving the automotive, mould/die and casting industries.

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D3 Technologies Ltd nominated for Life Sciences Award

Glasgow based company, D3 Technologies Ltd, a subsidiary of Renishaw plc, has been shortlisted for a prestigious Scottish Enterprise Life Sciences Award 2009.

The nomination for the Most Promising New Life Science Company in Scotland recognises the work of D3 Technologies in the area of molecular diagnostics. The winners for the 2009 awards will be announced at the Scottish Life Sciences Awards at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on 5th February.

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Metris and Renishaw announce agreement on the licensing of Metris Camio CMM software

January 5th 2009 - Metris and Renishaw today announce a recent agreement under which Renishaw licenses the source code of the Metris Camio CMM software. In order to support their own further development Renishaw has also employed a number of Metris engineers.

Metris preserves full ownership of the original source code and the Camio brand name. Metris will continue to develop and market Camio as its multi-sensor CMM solution as part of its continued commitment to deliver total metrology solutions based upon its LK and C3 CMM range.

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Dutch expansion for Renishaw

The Dutch subsidiary of world leading engineering technology company Renishaw is to formally open its new enlarged premises in Breda, the Netherlands, on Saturday 31st January 2009.

The new facility at Nikkelstraat 3 is located close to the A16 highway and has a total of 800 square metres of space, including training and demonstration rooms with a combined area of 350 square metres, allowing Renishaw Benelux BV to offer enhanced commercial and technical support to customers throughout the Netherlands, whether machine builders, machine importers or end-users.

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Molecular visualisation and analysis is now a step closer

A new OEM agreement between Renishaw plc (UK) and NT-MDT (Russia) establishes a framework for bringing nano-scale imaging and analysis to researchers

During the recent International Raman Microscopy Conference (ICORS XXI) in London, Dr. Ken Williams of Renishaw plc (UK), and Dr. Andrew Shubin of NT-MDT (Russia) signed an OEM agreement, whereby NT-MDT will sell, install, and support special inVia Raman systems for integration with its NTEGRA AFM. This alliance between two forward-thinking companies provides an unsurpassed nanotechnology visualisation and analysis system for research and industry.

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New Advanced Metrology Centre for Heriot-Watt University

A new manufacturing laboratory has opened at Heriot-Watt University aided by the donation of half a million pounds worth of equipment, software and training by Renishaw, a world leader in industrial metrology and spectroscopy. The Renishaw Advanced Metrology Centre will facilitate both teaching and research in modern industrial metrology and materials analysis using highly accurate co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs), laser calibration equipment, and a sophisticated Raman spectroscopy system.

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Renishaw acquires a 75% interest in Schaerer Mayfield NeuroMate AG

As part of its continuing commitment to growing its presence in the neurosurgical market, Renishaw has acquired, for a cash consideration, a 75% stake in Schaerer Mayfield NeuroMate AG, based in Switzerland, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Schaerer Mayfield NeuroMate Sarl, a leading manufacturer of surgical robots for neurosurgery, based in Lyon, France. The deal was completed on 20th November 2008.

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UK Government Minister opens Renishaw regional training centre

The UK Minister for the South East, Jonathan Shaw MP (centre), opened the Renishaw Centre for Manufacturing Productivity at the University of Greenwich at Medway, Kent, on 22nd October. The centre, a partnership between the university and engineering manufacturer Renishaw, will offer courses to businesses and develop teaching and research on manufacturing productivity, as well as giving local firms access to the latest technology.

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New General Manager for Renishaw’s Swedish subsidiary

World leading technology company Renishaw has appointed a leading figure from the Swedish metrology industry to head up its Nordic operations. Bo Eneholm, aged 42, was until recently General Manager of Hexagon Metrology’s Nordic office, and as well as a deep knowledge of measurement technologies, has a strong background in sales of machine tools and tooling systems. He is also the current Chairman of the Swedish Industrial Metrology Forum (SIMET).

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The need for speed - Renishaw at JIMTOF 2008

Renishaw is focusing on speed of manufacture at JIMTOF 2008, with a range of new products that will help businesses to manufacture profitably, by reducing process times and minimising the cost of poor quality for a wide range of machining and measurement applications. The JIMTOF 2008 show takes place at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition centre from 30th October to 4th November and Renishaw’s stand is located in West Hall 3, stand W3040.

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Free five-axis measurement seminars

World leading metrology companies Renishaw, Metris, Mitutoyo and Wenzel, and CAD/CAM developer Delcam, are holding a series of free half-day UK seminars in Autumn 2008 covering Renishaw’s revolutionary Renscan5® five-axis measurement technology, including the award-winning REVO® measuring head.

Each of the events will cover the operation and applications for the new system, compatible software packages, its suitability as a retrofit option, but fundamentally the huge throughput benefits that the new technology can bring to users of co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs).

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Renishaw's Chairman honoured as a 'Master of Manufacturing'

The official magazine of the US Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has granted its respected ‘Master of Manufacturing’ accolade to Sir David McMurtry, Chairman and Chief Executive of Renishaw plc, the first time that this recognition has been given to a non-US citizen. The special July 2008 issue of 'Manufacturing Engineering' features an extended interview with Sir David, who is only the seventh person to receive this honour which recognises 'an exemplary life and career in manufacturing'.

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New honours for Renishaw's Chairman

Sir David McMurtry, Chairman and Chief Executive of Renishaw plc, has received two new honours which recognise his significant contributions to the worlds of engineering and commerce.

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Renishaw is county's largest private-sector employer

A manufacturing company with headquarters in Wotton-under-Edge has been recognised as the county’s largest business employer in the 2008 listing of Gloucestershire’s Top 100 Businesses. World leading measurement company Renishaw plc now employs over 1,400 people at its sites in Wotton, Woodchester and Stonehouse, and in the annual list produced by Gloucestershire Media was also positioned 11th by sales turnover, increasing worldwide sales to £180.9 million.

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'Teacher-friendly' Renishaw offers education on modern manufacturing

Gloucestershire-based manufacturer Renishaw plc is opening its doors to teachers and pupils as part of a scheme designed to develop working relationships between engineering companies and schools. The Education Business Partnerships (EBP) initiative aims to highlight the many varied career opportunities available within manufacturing industry and to dispel negative industry stereotypes.

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Renishaw opens new Taiwanese subsidiary office

World leading measurement company Renishaw has opened a trading office in Taichung to support its strong growth in the Taiwanese market. The new subsidiary company, Renishaw (Taiwan) Inc, replaces the former representative office which was set-up in the year 2000, and will be able to offer enhanced commercial and technical support to customers throughout Taiwanese industry, whether machine builders, end-users, or existing distributors for Renishaw’s wide range of market leading metrology products.

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Renishaw hosts senior politicians at MACH 2008

Renishaw had a very busy time at the recent MACH 2008 trade show, the UK’s largest show for manufacturing industry, held at the NEC, Birmingham. As well as receiving almost 500 enquiries for its world-leading range of precision measurement equipment, the Gloucestershire-based engineering company also hosted two visits from leading Labour and Conservative politicians.

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Renishaw wins two prestigious awards at leading international event

At the prestigious MWP Awards Dinner held in Birmingham, UK, on 22nd April, Renishaw plc was honoured with two awards for product excellence. The awards, which are often referred to as the UK metalworking industry's 'Oscars', were achieved against strong competition, with entry open to any worldwide manufacturer with a UK representative. Winners were selected by a panel of eleven independent judges allied to manufacturing industry.

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Renishaw pioneers skills development initiative with
West Midlands Manufacturing Measurement Centre and Coventry University

The nationwide shortage of skilled engineers has long been recognised as a constraint on UK industry. The challenge posed by globalisation to UK manufacturers is to develop robust, automated, productive processes, which demand manufacturing engineering skills that are in increasingly short supply. Renishaw is announcing a nationwide education initiative, which will be launched at the West Midlands Manufacturing Measurement Centre (WMMMC) based within Coventry University in Spring 2008.

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Renishaw opens new Indian training and demonstration centre

World leading measurement company Renishaw opened its first dedicated demonstration and training centre for the Indian market at its main office in Pune on Thursday, 17th January 2008.

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The need for speed

Renishaw is focusing on speed of manufacture at MSV Brno, with new products that will help businesses to manufacture profitably, by reducing process times and minimising the cost of poor quality for a wide range of machining and measurement applications. The MSV Brno show takes place at the Brno exhibition centre from 15th to 19th September and Renishaw’s stand is located in Pavilion V stand 65.

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