Renishaw plc

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Renishaw plc.
legal form public limited company
ISIN GB0007323586
founding 1973
Seat Wotton-under-Edge , Gloucestershire
management David McMurtry
Number of employees over 5000
sales 574 million . lb
Branch Technology company
Website renishaw.com
Status: 2018

lili rere
Rotary / swivel head with measuring probe
SLM printer AM 400

Renishaw is a medium-sized British manufacturer of products for industrial metrology , rapid prototyping , selective laser melting and medical technology .

history

Renishaw was founded in 1973 by David McMurtry and John Deer. The first product was a tactile sensor for coordinate measuring machines for special measuring requirements for the Olympus engines of the supersonic Concorde aircraft . This was the cornerstone for subsequent products and services.

Renishaw has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since November 1984 . In 2006 the company bought 'itp', a manufacturer of precision probes in Völklingen . In early 2009, the global financial crisis hit Renishaw, which meant job cuts and wages . A year later the business environment recovered and Renishaw hired new employees. In 2010 the company bought the surveying specialists Measuring Devices Ltd . In 2011, Renishaw bought a former Bosch factory in Miskin , Wales and opened a new location there in 2012.

Business areas

Renishaw divides its businesses into metrology and medical technology.

The metrology includes coordinate measuring machines , sensors for CNC machines , devices for rapid prototyping, especially 3D printers based on selective laser melting (SLM) , encoders for mechanical movements and laser interferometers for process monitoring as well as Raman spectroscopy devices for the spectral analysis of materials.

Medical technology includes medical devices for neurosurgery as well as individually 3D-printed implants and dental prostheses .

Headquarters at Wotton-under-Edge

Locations

Most of the research and development and manufacturing takes place in the UK , mainly in Gloucestershire . There is also the center , in a mill from the 19th century in Wotton-under-Edge . Another location is Miskin in Wales . International locations are Dublin in Ireland and Pune in India . In Germany , Renishaw GmbH is represented in Pliezhausen .

Web links

Commons : Renishaw plc  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Renishaw , in: renishaw.com, Retrieved May 15, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c 3druck.com: Fiscal 2019: Renishaw Reports Growth in Additive Manufacturing in: 3druck.com, August 8, 2019
  3. ↑ a b Petra Fastermann: 3D printing / rapid prototyping: a future technology - compactly explained , Springer-Verlag , 2012 ISBN 978-3-642-29225-5 p. 163 [1]
  4. ↑ Jonny Williamson: Renishaw: The measure of success in: themanufacturer.com, 23 August 2018
  5. ↑ a b c d e Heritage , in: renishaw.com, Retrieved May 15, 2019
  6. ↑ Renishaw plc . London Stock Exchange . Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ UK metrology firm buys precision styli maker ( Memento of May 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Manufacturing Talk, June 19, 2006
  8. ↑ Graeme Wearden: Engineering firm Renishaw cuts 500 jobs in: The Guardian 11 March 2009
  9. ↑ Gloucestershire engineering firm Renishaw recruiting in: BBC News , June 23, 2010
  10. ↑ Gloucestershire firm offers 125 jobs for young people in: BBC News , December 10, 2010
  11. ↑ Renishaw acquires stake in laser measurement specialist , in: renishaw.com, August 2010
  12. ^ Rhodri Evans: Renishaw completes Bosch factory refurbishment , in: walesonline.co.uk, May 16, 2012