Company news

Renishaw, a world leader in precision engineering technologies, will be exhibiting its extensive range of metrology equipment at Control 2012 which takes place in Stuttgart, Germany, from 8 – 11 May 2012.

Renishaw, a world leading engineering technologies company, has purchased the business of R&R Sales LLC, a US-based supplier of fixtures for the global measurement and inspection market.

Dorset based FGP Precision Engineering Ltd. has its sights set on becoming one of the UK’s top suppliers to the world’s aerospace OEMs.

The Board of Renishaw plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr David Grant, CBE, FREng, FLSW, CEng, FIET as an additional non-executive director with effect from 25 April 2012.

At the prestigious MWP Awards Dinner held in Birmingham, UK, on 17th April, Renishaw’s unique Equator 300 gauging system was judged the winner in the ‘Best Quality Control Equipment’ category, beating shortlisted entries from Hexagon Metrology and Blum Novotest.

Sixteen apprentices from global engineering company Renishaw last week attended the UK’s largest manufacturing trade show to help encourage more young people to consider a career in engineering.

Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, is pleased to announce that it has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2012 in the Innovations category for its highly innovative SP80 ultra-high accuracy analogue scanning probe.

Renishaw AB, the Nordic subsidiary of Renishaw plc, the global specialists in precision metrology and healthcare technologies, has appointed a new Business Manager for its range of dental CAD/CAM products.

Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company with five sites in Gloucestershire, UK, is to hold a Community Open Day at its Stonehouse manufacturing facility on Saturday 28th April. The event will form part of the inaugural Stroud Festival of Manufacturing & Engineering Week, and the site will be open to visitors from 10am to 3pm, with last tours of the facility commencing at 2pm.

Tom Silvey, a 3rd Year apprentice at Renishaw, has won two awards at Gloucestershire’s inaugural Apprenticeships Awards, where the guest of honour was Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal. As well as being voted the Outstanding Apprentice in the Engineering & Manufacturing category, Tom also received the Diamond Jubilee Gloucestershire Apprentice of the Year award which recognises the year’s most outstanding apprentice.

Renishaw, the global specialist in advanced engineering technologies, has appointed a specialist UK sales development manager for its new additive manufacturing product line. With extensive experience in the field of rapid manufacturing, Steve Crownshaw has been appointed to the role to provide expert information to Renishaw’s customers in the areas of laser melting, vacuum casting, and injection micro moulding.

Renishaw’s new Equator™ gauging system for the high-speed dimensional inspection of manufactured parts has been honoured with another top international award, winning the Gold Award at the Techni-Show Innovation Awards 2012, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on 13th March.

Renishaw, the FTSE 250 listed global engineering company, and its Head of Communications Chris Pockett, have been nominated for the ‘Best Investor Relations Communications’ Award at the UK Stock Market Awards taking place on Thursday 29th March at the Honourable Artillery Company in London.

As announced in its interim results released on January 25th 2012, Renishaw has decided to withdraw from the supply of radio frequency (RF) coils for use in MRI scanning research. This followed a comprehensive review of its healthcare business which decided that this product line was no longer core to its business strategy.

Renishaw, the Gloucestershire-based global engineering company, has been confirmed as player sponsor for Ben Morgan when he joins Gloucester Rugby from Llanelli Scarlets in the summer.