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News Release from: Mahr Federal
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 12 April 2005
Acquisition adds to length capabilities
The Mahr Group has acquired a majority interest in Optische Koordinatenmesstechnik (OKM) of Jena, Germany.
The Mahr Group has acquired a majority interest in Optische Koordinatenmesstechnik (OKM) of Jena, Germany Mahr's stake in OKM will expand its horizontal length metrology portfolio and complement the company's line of leading optical measurement tools
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 31 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new entity, Mahr OKM, will benefit from Mahr's worldwide sales and service network.
Mahr Federal is Mahr's sales, service and manufacturing entity in North America.
"OKM has been a leading provider of universal length measuring machines for many years", said Dewey Christy, Product Manager for the Precision Length Metrology segment of Mahr Federal.
"Mahr OKM's products will give Mahr the broadest possible range of universal length products, from low-cost production measuring tools to the finest laboratory dimensional calibration equipment available in the world".
"Mahr OKM's ULM Opal, ULM Rubin and ULM Topas instruments uniquely complement the market segments served by Mahr's existing family of 828 CiM, 828 UN and PLM universal length measuring systems".
"OKM's high precision optical CMM instruments are well recognised as well".
"We expect to continue development of these products", said Christy, "and we are excited about the possibility of reaching new customers with an enhanced range of measuring instruments for metrology standards, tools and other high precision parts".
Mahr OKM will continue to be run by its existing management team, Holger Hage and Petra Bogdanski, with the addition of a new Managing Director, Karl-Joachim Bode.
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