Renishaw plc is a UK-based engineering and technology company specializing in precision metrology and manufacturing technologies. Founded in 1973, the company develops measurement, motion-control, and process automation products used across advanced manufacturing industries worldwide.
Its portfolio includes machine tool probes and tool setting systems, coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) probing and gauging, calibration equipment such as laser interferometers and ballbars, and high-accuracy encoders for motion systems. Renishaw also supplies metal additive manufacturing (laser powder bed fusion) systems and Raman spectroscopy instruments for chemical and materials analysis.
For the chemical and materials sectors, Renishaw’s Raman platforms support identification, mapping, and monitoring of molecules, polymorphs, and contaminants in R&D and production, while its metrology and motion-control solutions help improve equipment accuracy, process stability, and digital traceability in automated plants. The company is headquartered in Gloucestershire, UK, with global manufacturing and service locations.