Renishaw

Renishaw is a UK precision engineering company headquartered in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, founded in 1973, that manufactures measurement and inspection tools, spectroscopy instruments, additive manufacturing systems, and neurosurgical devices. In the scientific research domain, Renishaw is perhaps most recognized for its inVia confocal Raman microscope, which delivers high-resolution Raman spectral mapping and depth profiling with capabilities ranging from single-point spectra to fully automated large-area Raman mapping of materials surfaces. The inVia's integration with optical microscopes and ability to couple to scanning electron microscopes and atomic force microscopes makes it powerful for correlative characterization of nanomaterials, graphene, batteries, biological tissues, and pharmaceutical polymorphs. Renishaw's StreamLine rapid mapping capability enables rapid acquisition of Raman maps with thousands of spectra per minute, facilitating imaging at scales impractical with point-by-point methods. Their SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) substrates and accessories extend sensitivity to ultra-trace analyte detection. In industrial metrology, Renishaw's contact probing systems for CNC machine tools and coordinate measuring machines are global industry standards, and their XM-60 multi-axis calibration system is used to characterize machine tool geometric errors. The company's additive manufacturing systems for dental, orthopedic, and aerospace applications overlap with research into metal powder bed fusion manufacturing processes, and their Neuroinspire software and stereotactic neurosurgical frames support research into deep brain stimulation and intracranial electrode placement.