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Renishaw plc () is a British engineering company based in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. ==History== The Company was founded by Sir David McMurtry and John Deer in 1973. McMurtry had needed to measure fuel pipes on a prototype jet engine: at the time, coordinate-measuring machine sensors featured rigid styli, which required manual positioning on the surface and which yielded poor repeatability when measuring delicate components. To meet this need, McMurtry invented a touch-trigger probe device,〔 which he then patented. The probe featured an elegant 'kinematic' location for a spring-loaded stylus, providing a highly repeatable seated position for the stylus combined with the compliance needed to measure such components. Renishaw was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1983. In 2006 the Company bought 'itp', a German manufacturer of precision styli.〔(UK metrology firm buys precision styli maker ) Manufacturing Talk, 19 June 2006〕 In early 2009 the global recession reached Renishaw, resulting in a large proportion of the workforce being placed "at risk".〔(Engineering firm Renishaw cuts 500 jobs ) Guardian, 11 March 2009〕 Since 2009, Renishaw has seen a turnaround in business, with orders doubling within a year,〔(Gloucestershire engineering firm Renishaw recruiting ) BBC News, 23 June 2010〕 and the company stating that it had "recovered strongly since the worldwide recession".〔(Gloucestershire firm offers 125 jobs for young people ) BBC News, 10 December 2010〕 In 2010 Renishaw bought a stake (and subsequently took complete control) of Measuring Devices Ltd, a company providing a range of services in the field of surveying equipment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Laser Scanning Forum Ltd • View topic - Measurement Devices Ltd (MDL) )〕 In 2011 Renishaw purchased the 400,000 sq ft Bosch plant in Miskin, Wales.〔(Renishaw completes Bosch factory refurbishment ) Wales on line, 16 May 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Renishaw plc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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