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The UK’s leading trade association representing tool making, metrology, precision machining, rapid product development and tooling technologies

UK trade association representing the engineering and allied sectors that lead the world in manufacturing technologies. Represents UK companies and their associates who drive UK manufacturing technology innovation and quality.

Schut Geometrical Metrology (Schut Geometrische Meettechniek bv) is an international organization, founded in 1949, with five offices throughout Europe, specialized in the development, production and sales of precision measuring instruments and systems.

Taylor Hobson is an ultra-precision technology company operating at the highest levels of accuracy within the field of surface and form metrology. They provide contact and non-contact measurement solutions to the most demanding applications on a global basis, with a worldwide infrastructure to support clients.

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service is the sole national accreditation body recognised by government to assess, against internationally agreed standards, organisations that provide certification, testing, inspection and calibration services. Accreditation by UKAS demonstrates the competence, impartiality and performance capability of these evaluators.

The Group's products provide manufacturers with the ability to machine components accurately, and perform measurement traceable to International Standards. Wherever precision manufacturing is required, the use of Renishaw's products ensures that exacting specifications are met, with cost-effective methods.

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Founded in 1901, NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency. NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

The widespread adoption of International Standards means that suppliers can base the development of their products and services on specifications that have wide acceptance in their sectors. This, in turn, means that businesses using International Standards are increasingly free to compete on many more markets around the world.

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) coordinates the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in the United States and represents the needs and views of U.S. stakeholders in standardization forums around the globe.

NPL is the United Kingdom's national standards laboratory, an internationally respected and independent centre of excellence for R&D, and knowledge transfer in measurement and materials science.

The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is the German national metrology institute providing scientific and technical services. PTB measures with the highest accuracy and reliability – metrology as the core competence.

Virtual DMIS fully links CAD component data with the CMM inspection process and provides a real time, on-line, truly integrated software applauded for its innovation. Virtual DMIS is the benchmark for functionality and CAD integration.