"Through these acquisitions Metris becomes a total solution provider offering both unique breakthrough optical as well as classical tactile metrology technologies combined with best in class services," says Bart Van Coppenolle, Metris president and CEO. "This strategy guarantees our customers a risk and hassle-free upgrade path to new optical metrology technologies."

Metris now is able to offer their customers an integrated hardware and software solution covering the complete range of 3-D inspection tasks. In addition to the classical CMM touch probe technology, Metris offers 3-D optical metrology solutions, in fixed and portable configurations, for measurement volumes applicable in automotive and aerospace applications. Metris' technologies are integrated with native single point and point cloud software, and supported by an extensive service organization.