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Renishaw

Global leaders in precision metrology, additive manufacturing and position measurement
Wotton-under-Edge, United Kingdom MedTech 5,000 employees Founded 1973 RSW renishaw.com ↗
8 Products & services
1 Site
5,000 Employees

About Renishaw

Renishaw is a British engineering and precision-measurement company with a healthcare division spanning neurosurgery and additive manufacturing for medical devices.

Sector
MedTech
Headquarters
Wotton-under-Edge, United Kingdom
Founded
1973
Employees
5,000
Facilities
1 site

Milestones

Milestones as listed on renishaw.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

1973
Renishaw Electrical Ltd registered; first CMM probe (TP1) sold
Founded by David McMurtry and John Deer to sell the touch-trigger probe.
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1976
First commercial premises in Wotton-under-Edge
The company moved into a former ice cream factory.
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1981
Manufacturing facility opened in Ireland
First overseas plant, alongside the first sales subsidiary in Chicago.
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1983
Flotation on London Stock Exchange USM
Full listing followed in 1984.
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1987
First laser interferometer system
Made machine calibration much faster and more accurate.
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2005
REVO five-axis measurement system launched
Made tactile measurement up to ten times faster.
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2011
Additive manufacturing and gauging product lines introduced
The Miskin manufacturing site in South Wales was also bought.
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2018
RenAM 500Q four-laser AM system launched
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Leadership Team

Leadership as listed on renishaw.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

Will Lee

Chief Executive
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Sir David Grant

Chair
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John Shipsey

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director
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Dave Wallace

Director of Group Operations
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Marc Saunders

Director of Group Strategic Development
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Kasim Hussain

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
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Products & Services

Products and services as listed on renishaw.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

All Metrology Process control Gauging Position and motion control Metal 3D printing Scientific Healthcare
Metrology

CMMs, CMM probes, software and retrofits

Probing systems and software for coordinate measuring machines.

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Process control

Machine tool probes and software

Probes that let machine tools set up and inspect parts automatically.

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Metrology

Machine calibration and optimisation

Laser interferometry and related systems for calibrating machine accuracy.

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Gauging

Equator gauging system

Shop-floor gauging system for comparing manufactured parts.

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Position and motion control

Position encoders

Open and enclosed optical, inductive, magnetic and interferometric laser encoders.

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Metal 3D printing

Additive manufacturing systems

Metal additive manufacturing machines; the RenAM 500Q four-laser system launched in 2018.

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Scientific

Raman spectroscopy

Raman microscopes for chemical and structural analysis, used in scientific and healthcare work.

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Healthcare

Neurological products and therapies

Healthcare product line for neurosurgery; the neurological line was established in 2007.

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Sites in Ireland

Dublin

Manufacturing

One of Renishaw's major manufacturing sites outside the UK; its first overseas plant opened in Dublin in 1981.

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Sites as listed on renishaw.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

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