Zeiss is increasing its presence in the automobile industry following its acquisition of HGV Vosseler, a provider of optical 3D measuring technology. The small company in Ohringen, Germany, has been known as Carl Zeiss Automated Inspection (A1) since January 2013. This move transforms Zeiss into a one-stop provider for car body measurements. "We have supplemented our portfolio of traditional measuring technology with measuring and inspection systems integrated in production. We are the only company to offer our customers a total solutions system for quality inspection in car body construction," said new MD, Dr K Modrich. The optical systems at A1 have now been complemented with inline process inspection with the objective of optimising the quality and throughput of production lines. The checks must fulfil certain cycle time specifications of the production lines. Zeiss is now able to serve the entire process chain in car body metrology. For more information, please visit: corporate.zeiss.com/
