London, Great Britain, January 21st, 2009 –  Hexagon has announced the acquisition of Technodigit SARL (Lyon, France), developer of 3DReshaper® software, a software package that takes three dimensional data from scanning devices and allows point cloud processing, surface reconstruction and geometric shape extraction. The 3DReshaper Application is a fully-realized 3D package on its own, with powerful features like the ability to import point clouds of unlimited size, mesh shaping and editing and 3D surface comparison for inspection. Users appreciate the wide variety of capabilities that 3DReshaper brings to the table.

“The acquisition of Technodigit will enhance our existing portfolio of software solutions. Customers in the aerospace, medical, dental, surveying, automotive, power generation and die and mold markets are demanding the variety of capabilities that Technodigit’s software will bring to the Hexagon product portfolio”, says Ola Rollén, President and CEO of Hexagon AB.

The acquisition is effective immediately, and the Technodigit development team will join the Hexagon Metrology software development group, which employs more than 100 in-house developers worldwide.
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Hexagon Metrology
Hexagon Metrology is part of the Hexagon Group and includes leading metrology brands such as Brown & Sharpe, CE Johansson, CimCore, CogniTens, DEA, Leica Geosystems (Metrology Division), Leitz, PC-DMIS, QUINDOS; ROMER, Sheffield and TESA. With an installed base of more than 50,000 CMMs, over 7,500 portable systems, millions of handheld instruments and over 30,000 licenses of the popular PC-DMIS metrology software, Hexagon Metrology daily supports its customers to fully control their processes and ensure that what has been designed is in fact manufactured. The company offer of machines, systems and software is completed by a wide range of product support and aftermarket services.

For further information, please contact:

Birgit Albrecht
Marketing Coordinator

Hexagon Metrology
Marketing & Communications Europe
Moenchmattweg 5
CH-5035 Unterentfelden – Switzerland

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