Pune, India- Renishaw recently opened its first dedicated demonstration and training center for the Indian market at its main office in Pune, India. The 2,000-square-foot facility houses CNC machine tools and coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) from local Indian manufacturers, which together with supporting seminar rooms, will allow Renishaw to meet the increasing need for training and support being generated by its rapidly expanding customer base within India.

Renishaw has traded in India for more than 25 years, and in 2000 it created Renishaw Metrology Private Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary based in Bangalore.

The new demonstration and training center will offer technical support to both Renishaw’s OEM customers and end-users. Within India, Renishaw has also set up a procurement operation to directly source components from Indian vendors, while a development team specializing in metrology software. The sales and marketing operation for India is focused in Bangalore, with regional offices in Delhi (Gurgaon) and Pune, supported by resident sales engineers in other industrial centers. Total employee numbers within India now exceed 100.

The Renishaw Group currently has operations in 30 countries, with employees totaling more than 2,100.