“Primarily this acquisition is about the service opportunity,” says Bill Gruber, CEO of Hexagon Metrology North America. “Starrett wanted to ensure the customers would have someone to go to for factory parts and service, and Sheffield will supply these services by combining their team with Starrett’s existing CMM-focused employees located in Mt. Airy. We don’t play on continuing manufacture of these machines beyond the remaining inventory of new and used machines that we acquired in the deal. However, we’ll continue to make spares available, and of course, service.”
Hexagon Metrology will offer owners of Starrett CMMs a transfer package to Hexagon’s standardized software, PC-DMIS. Additionally, during a transitional period, Hexagon will offer Starrett CMM customers a bundled package consisting of a license, installation, training and a service agreement as a reduced price.
“In exploring our options for the coordinate measuring machine business, our focus has been on finding the best way to continue to support our existing CMM customers with the level of service and support they have come to expect from Starrett,” says Douglas A. Starrett, president and CEO of the L.S. Starrett Co. “The acquisition of the coordinate measuring machine line from Hexagon Metrology North America will provide our customers with an excellent support and upgrade path now and in the future.”
Hexagon Metrology North America is a subsidiary of Hexagon AG, a worldwide company with dealings in engineering, manufacturing and automation. The L.S. Starrett Co. is a precision-tool designer and manufacturer.
For more information, visit www.sheffieldmeasurement.com.
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