industry engineering founded 1973 headquarters wotton under edge gloucestershire uk key people sir david mcmurtry chairman john deer deputy chairman revenue 494.7 million 2015 1 operating income 143.9 million 2015 1 net income 121.3 million 2015 1 website www.renishaw.com renishaw plc lse rsw 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 . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 locations 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded by sir david mcmurtry and john deer in 1973 . 2 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 2 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 november 1984 . 3 in 2006 the company bought itp a german manufacturer of precision styli . 4 in early 2009 the global recession reached renishaw resulting in a large proportion of the workforce being placed at risk . 5 since 2009 renishaw has seen a turnaround in business with orders doubling within a year 6 and the company stating that it had recovered strongly since the worldwide recession . 7 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 . 8 in 2011 renishaw purchased the 400 000 sq ft bosch plant in miskin wales . 9 operations edit renishaw specialises in industrial metrology and spectroscopy and sells its products in the major markets around the world . the company s strategy has been to grow organically sustained by patented innovations . the company s product portfolio has since expanded into touch probes for cnc machine tools calibration systems that optimise the performance of cnc machinery linear encoder systems rotary encoder systems dental cad cam systems raman spectroscopy and medical devices for functional neurosurgery applications . 10 locations edit renishaw s main offices are situated in an old mill from the industrial revolution with several new buildings on a 26 acre 110 000 m2 site . it is a nature oriented site with dozens of birds including ducks and peacocks and a large lake . the site is also close to the village of charfield . the company has a machine shop located at stonehouse gloucestershire and an assembly facility at woodchester both near stroud . there are further assembly facilities in dublin ireland and pune india . renishaw also has research facilities located in wotton under edge and ljubljana . 11 references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . renishaw . retrieved 10 april 2016 . a b renishaw plc. about renishaw . renishaw.com . retrieved 3 april 2015 . renishaw plc . london stock exchange . retrieved 10 april 2016 . uk metrology firm buys precision styli maker manufacturing talk 19 june 2006 engineering firm renishaw cuts 500 jobs guardian 11 march 2009 gloucestershire engineering firm renishaw recruiting bbc news 23 june 2010 gloucestershire firm offers 125 jobs for young people bbc news 10 december 2010 laser scanning forum ltd view topic measurement devices ltd mdl . laserscanning.org.uk . retrieved 3 april 2015 . renishaw completes bosch factory refurbishment wales on line 16 may 2012 brain surgeons work with latest in robotics courtesy of gloucestershire engineering business renishaw . south west business . retrieved 10 april 2016 . slovenian research facility opened by gloucestershire engineering business renishaw . south west business . retrieved 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