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Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, will be exhibiting a range of its innovative measurement and manufacturing products at Advanced Manufacturing from 4 to 6 June 2013 at the NEC, Birmingham, UK.

The business assets of LBC Laser Bearbeitungs Center GmbH, Kornwestheim, Germany, have been purchased by the German subsidiary of world leading engineering company Renishaw. A new business, LBC Engineering, has been created which will be integrated within Renishaw GmbH.

Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, is pleased to announce that it has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013 in the Innovations category for its revolutionary REVO® five-axis multi-sensor probing system.

The Board of Renishaw plc is pleased to announce the appointment of John Jeans CBE CEng as a non-executive director with effect from 11 April 2013.

Renishaw recently attended a Chinese New Year celebration at the House of Commons, where the guests of honour were His Excellency, Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the UK, and The Rt Hon Hugo Swire, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company will be exhibiting its gauging and additive manufacturing (3D printing) products for the first time at Plastic Design & Mouldings 2013 from 18 – 19 June at the Telford International Centre in Telford, UK.

Renishaw attended the Big Bang Fair in London last week to help promote science and engineering to children, parents and teachers from across the UK.

Renishaw plc, the global engineering technologies company, and BEGO Bremer Goldschlägerei Wilh. Herbst GmbH & Co. KG, a leading international specialist in dental prosthodontics, have concluded an agreement that licenses Renishaw to use BEGO patents for additive manufacturing in dental applications.

The biggest new research and development facility built in York, UK, in the last five years has been acquired by international engineering business Renishaw in a multi-million pound deal.

Renishaw, the global metrology specialists, are collaborating with TEAM Engineering and WEAF (West of England Aerospace Forum), to hold a Manufacturing Excellence Event, which will be held at Renishaw’s New Mills headquarters in Gloucestershire on 10 April 2013.

Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, has opened its eleventh office in China with a new liaison office in Wuhan.

Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, has been nominated for the Best Technology award at this year’s PLC Awards, which are given annually for smaller (non FTSE 100) companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Laser scanning or Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is now common place in the film and gaming industry for pre-visualisation of scenes, or in post-production, to help create stunning CGI and visual special effects (VFX). The speed and accuracy of laser scanning allows for environments, sets, objects, and people to be captured in 3D to a high level of detail and precision, in a matter of minutes.

Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, has taken full ownership of Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL), following the purchase of the remaining 34% shareholding for a cash payment of £4.5 million.