In 2008 Hexagon AB expected to achieve sales of € 1.4 billion
The last year 2004 was a good exercise for Hexagon AB, according to said Ola Rollén, President and CEO of the Group at the international press that convened the Group on April 27 during the Control fair. "It was a good year for the group." "All our business areas increased benefits and strengthened its market positions." The 2004 group sales grew 16 percent to 917 million euros. Despite the good progress of the group, engaged in an aggressive business strategy based on the expansion, the company expects to achieve sales of € 1.4 billion in 2008.
Your business is aimed at markets and niche where the Group intends to rank among the first two companies in each market.
The company aims to be the most innovative dealer that offers the best prices in each Division.
About 35 per cent of the turnover of Hexagon AB comes from its Division of Hexagon Metrology, one of the largest international distributors of metrology products, components and services. Its business includes hand tools, fixed and portable measuring machines and robots, after-sales services and software systems.
In 2004 the Division of Hexagon Metrology AB recorded total of 321 million euros and 2.121 employees sales. His income from operations grew to EUR 32.5 million.
Hexagon Metrology integrates a number of brands of the sector of the Metrology of great precision, instruments and systems such as Brown & Sharpe (USA.)(UU.), Leitz (Germany), CE Johansson (Sweden), DEA (Italy), Tesa (Switzerland), as well as metrology software distributors such as Wilcox and Mirai.
Also in 2004 were carried out strategic acquisitions: Romer SA (France) and Romer CimCore Inc. (USA.)(UU.), which develops and manufactures portable CMM arms of high-precision and Sheffield Measurement Inc. (USA), also known for its range of CMM arms: this latest acquisition makes the largest American company tactile CMM measurement in absolute terms of Hexagon Metrology.
An ambitious strategy
Expanding its own technology, Hexagon Metrology will be able to increase its potential market for their products from the current figure of EUR 1 billion to 6,000 million euros. This will allow the company to continue their expansion to reach the target of € 1.4 billion global sales in 2008.
"Last year we had an aggressive program of development of our main products, enhancing our goal of being the first distributor of dimensional metrology in the market". "In terms of product development we want to make sure that we have the best products to meet the demands of our customers with the most competitive prices in the market," says Ola Rollen.
At the Control fair you could see some of the latest developments of this company. What's new, with a great potential in some markets.
Global Classic
Global Performance, flexibility and ultra-precise digitization to all
The new Performance model provides the maximum of the multi-sensor technology and is the optimal solution to deal with a wide typology of operations with a single machine of precision metrological successfully.
The machine can use probes point, analog transducers or laser to point to continuous scanning. For the precise measurement of errors of form in complex elements of high-precision is available, as an option, a fixed head for the fast and accurate scanning even with extensions of notable dimensions.
Global Advantage, precision at high speed.
The unique dynamics and excellent benefits make it the ideal instrument to constantly have the process of production under control.
Prima, horizontal arm coordinate measurement machine
The rigid construction and the system of linear thermal compensation (which comes standard on all versions) ensure a reliable operation in all production environments.
Leitz iQube, the new example of quality
The iQube of Hexagon Metrology GmbH stands out for its combination of precision and productivity that reduces cost because that substantially reduces time measuring and costs of the tests.
The iQube is ideal to carry out any task of measuring system of sensors 3D of high precision, stable mechanical based, its modern electronics and control algorithms.
The Infinite arm redefines the portable metrology
Software for Wilcox Associates, Inc.
Micro-Hite DCC, small automatic measuring machine
