With its new French subsidiary, Alicona continues its steady growth. Next to France, the supplier of high resolution optical measurement runs offices in Germany, UK, USA and Asia. "In France we particularly notice an increased number of inquiries for measurement solutions that can be applied in both, research and development as well as in production. Production integrated quality assurance becomes more and more important", states Alicona CEO Stefan Scherer. "Industry requests measurement systems which are capable to verify dimensions in the µm-range. When components are below 100 µm traditional methods are no longer suitable. This means that manufacturer often can not measure the geometries they actually produce due to the complexity of the surfaces". As an example, Scherer refers to the automotive industry and applications such as the measurement of cylinder walls, seals and sensitive materials which can only be meaningfully measured by an optical method.

The new office is directed by Pierre Prolland, an experienced expert in metrology and long-time partner of Alicona in France.