Following 27 years of fruitful collaboration that enabled PolyWorks® to become the universal 3D metrology platform in German-speaking markets, InnovMetric has completed the acquisition of its German business partner Duwe-3d. 

This transaction will enable InnovMetric to enrich the expertise of its European division and expand its technical services offering to ensure the success of its users in deploying the PolyWorks digital thread for dimensional inspection. PolyWorks customers and distributors will continue working with their established technical contacts and teams, ensuring continuity while benefiting from expanded European collaboration and resources.

Founded by Dr. Hans-Peter Duwe, Duwe-3d became the master distributor of PolyWorks in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 1999, when InnovMetric had fewer than 10 employees. Dr. Duwe would subsequently be at the heart of all PolyWorks developments for nearly three decades. The idea of managing 3D measurement data on a centralized server, which would later give rise to PolyWorks|DataLoopTM, was born in 2011 during a discussion between Dr. Duwe and Marc Soucy, President and co-founder of InnovMetric. Over the years, Dr. Duwe has built a skilled and dedicated team that earned Duwe-3d a strong reputation among German manufacturing companies. Duwe-3d has also developed complementary products for PolyWorks that enable the import of measurement plans, add automation tools, and support digital clamping processes.

InnovMetric and Duwe-3d share many core values, including a strong commitment to providing an exceptional customer experience. In Germany, as elsewhere in the world, PolyWorks’ success is due as much to the technical qualities of the product as to the expertise of the technical teams and the availability of PolyWorks specialists to assist customers and ensure their success.

“The integration of Duwe-3d into the InnovMetric group will lay the foundation for a unified European team that will optimize our efficiency and develop consistent sales and deployment strategies for European manufacturers. This will enable us to better support our customers in their digital transformation, helping them maximize the use of measurement data at all stages of the product lifecycle,” says Marc Soucy.

“Building Duwe-3d has been one of the defining journeys of my professional life. From the beginning, the partnership with InnovMetric was built on shared values, trust, and a common vision of helping manufacturers harness the power of dimensional inspection data. Entrusting Duwe-3d to InnovMetric feels like a natural next step that ensures continuity for our customers and creates strong long-term opportunities for our employees and the PolyWorks community in Europe,” adds Dr. Hans-Peter Duwe. 

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