Renishaw
Renishaw plc is a world-leading engineering and scientific technology company that provides high-precision metrology and additive manufacturing solutions including metal 3D printing systems, coordinate measuring machines, and related software.
- CEO / Founder
- William Lee
- Team Size
- 5001-10000
- Stage
- Public
- Total Funding
- Publicly Traded
- Latest Round
- IPO
- Key Investors
- Sir David McMurtry, John Deer, BlackRock, Inc., Vanguard Group, Nickl Partner asset management AG
Technology & Products
Key Products
Precision measurement and process control products, metal 3D printing products (RenAM 500 series, RenAM 500Q Flex LPBF system), robotics products, position and motion control products, healthcare solutions (medical implants, neurological products), scientific instruments (spectroscopy), and related software (QuantAM, InfiniAM).
Technological Advantage
Significant R&D investment (13-18% of revenue) and ownership of over 1,600 patents, enabling a competitive edge.
Patent position
Renishaw filed 31 patent families in 2022–2024, down from 41 in 2019–2021, a 24% fall versus a 16% fall in tracked AM filings in the same patent offices. Equipment’s share rose from 76% to 94%. AMPulse analysis
- Filing momentum
- 31 families filed 2022–2024, 41 in 2019–2021 (-24%); all tracked AM filings in the same offices -16%
- Process mix, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
- Powder bed fusion 100% → 100%
- Focus, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
- Materials 100% → 100%Equipment 76% → 94%
- Filed in
- EP 35%US 33%CN 28%WO 27%JP 8%
- Named competitors, AM patent families
- Hexagon 23
178 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Improving product quality, enhancing manufacturing efficiency, and increasing operational productivity through cutting-edge metrology and integrated metal additive manufacturing solutions.
How They Differentiate
Renishaw differentiates itself by combining industry-leading precision metrology with integrated metal additive manufacturing solutions, tailored for high-end, niche applications. They are also increasing R&D investment to integrate neural network-based quality control into their systems, supporting essential lithography and GPU cooling innovations, and enabling high-precision production for markets like medical implants.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Manufacturers in aerospace, automotive, electronics, energy, healthcare sectors, and academic/research institutions.
Industry Verticals
Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Energy, Healthcare, Industrial Manufacturing, Scientific Research
Competitors
Hexagon AB, Halma, Oxford Instruments, Spectris, FARO
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
FY2025 (y/e 30 Jun 2025) record revenue £713.0m (+3.1% YoY), adjusted PBT £127.2m; average employees 5,339. FY2026 post-close trading update (24 Jul 2026): expected revenue ~£815m (+14% YoY), adjusted operating profit ~£152m, adjusted PBT ~£167m (+31%); record Q4 revenue ~£243m.
Major Milestones
1973: Founded by Sir David McMurtry and John Deer, 1977: First Queen's Award for Technological Achievement, 1983-84: LSE flotation/full listing, 2011: Gauging and metal AM product lines introduced, 2018: Will Lee appointed CEO; RenAM 500Q launched, 2025-09: Camille Deer appointed Non-executive Director, 2025 FY: Record revenue £713.0m, 2026-04: John Shipsey appointed CFO, 2026-07: FY2026 trading update — expected revenue ~£815m (+14%)
Notable Customers
Semiconductor and electronics manufacturing equipment OEMs; aerospace and defence; medical implant / healthcare; industrial manufacturers (metrology and metal AM applications).
Recent coverage of Renishaw
- Renishaw completes Hall 3 at Miskin, Wales, finishing phase one of £70M expansion to 880,000 sq ftrenishaw.com
- Renishaw 3D prints a 210g unsupported titanium football via LPBF, timed to England vs Argentina World Cup semifinal163.com
- Renishaw launches NxG Build Processor with Materialise for metal AM workflow integrationthemachinemaker.com
- Renishaw to showcase AM, encoders, and metrology at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026 in Detroitaerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com
Official records
Filings, certifications, and programme counts AMPulse can show for this company.
- [C] ISO_9001 · claimed
- [F] Horizon / CORDIS · 2 AM awardsProject records derived from CORDIS, the European Union research results portal, CC BY 4.0.
- [F] Sustainable and flexible powder metallurgy processes optimization by a holistic reduction of raw material resources and energy consumption. · 2017
- [F] ENgineering COMPASS · 2016
- [C] Formnext 2025 · exhibitor
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 269
- Granted
- 65
- Families
- 178
Leading domains: process (268), material (266), equipment (235)
Filings by year: 2024: 2 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 26
- ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS20160175932 · US
- LASER PROCESSING03446824 · EP
- Spatial mapping of sensor data collected during additive manufacturing12103099 · US
- POWDER BED FUSION APPARATUS AND METHODS20240001447 · US
- Localising sensor data collected during additive manufacturing11167497 · US
Funding rounds
- Main ListingUndisclosed1984-11Source: Wikipedia, Renishaw Official History, FundingUniverse
- IPOUndisclosed1983-01Source: Wikipedia, Renishaw Official History, FundingUniverse
Equipment deals on record
Publicly disclosed purchases or installs only.
- VELO XC; VELO XC; 500Q
5 systems · Not disclosed
Buyer: SBO AG, U.S. operations · Supplier: Renishaw - RenAM 500Q Ultra
1 systems · Not disclosed
Buyer: Domin · Supplier: Renishaw - AM 400
3 systems · Not disclosed
Buyer: Stärke Advanced Manufacturing Group · Supplier: Renishaw - RenAM 500Q Ultra
1 systems · Not disclosed
Buyer: Domin Ltd · Supplier: Renishaw - RenAM 500Q
1 systems · Not disclosed
Buyer: Phibo Group · Supplier: Renishaw