Hexagon Metrology has announced it has acquired all the outstanding assets and technical intellectual property of Mahr Multisensor GmbH. Hexagon Metrology will reorganize the business, and has agreed to employ certain technical service, development and application engineering staff from Mahr Multisensor GmbH.

The vision business unit and products will be integrated into Hexagon Metrology, the world's largest industrial measurement group, incorporating the leading industry brands Brown & Sharpe, CE Johansson, CimCore, CogniTens, DEA, Leica Geosystems (Metrology Division), Leitz, m&h Inprocess Messtechnik, PC-DMIS, Romer, Sheffield and Tesa.

"This acquisition will further enhance our worldwide product offering in multisensor vision technology and confirms Hexagon Metrology's commitment to offer the widest range of measuring systems for all industrial applications", said William Gruber, CEO and President of Hexagon Metrology.