Renishaw

Renishaw is a precision engineering company that combines research and development with manufacturing to deliver measurement, motion control and healthcare technology. Its products include touch-trigger probes for coordinate measurement machines - technology described as having transformed coordinate measurement - metal additive manufacturing systems used to produce critical components, motion control systems and healthcare devices, among them neurosurgical technology. The company serves industries including aerospace, healthcare, medical devices, manufacturing and metrology.

Renishaw employs more than 5,000 people and operates in 36 countries, with the majority of its staff and its main research and manufacturing hubs located in the United Kingdom. UK sites combine development and production on the same premises, allowing close collaboration between the two functions. The company invests 13-18% of annual sales in research and development.

Renishaw has run early careers programmes since 1979 and states that many employees spend their entire careers with the firm. Its culture is described as valuing technical curiosity, hands-on problem-solving and continuous innovation, with engineers given resources and latitude to pursue new ideas. Teams work across countries and alongside customers on shared technical problems.