Renishaw to showcase AM, encoders, and metrology at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026 in Detroit

Renishaw Inc. will exhibit its additive manufacturing systems, encoder technologies, and industrial metrology solutions at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026, taking place May 11–14 at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan. The company (Booth #10018) will highlight its metal LPBF systems for producing complex, lightweight components optimized for autonomous platforms across air, land, and sea. Renishaw’s encoder portfolio delivers high-accuracy position and motion feedback essential for robotics and autonomous vehicles, while its probing and measurement tools support part quality verification and process control for mission-critical applications. The event, hosted by the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, is expected to draw over 550 exhibitors and thousands of professionals from defense, infrastructure, and mobility sectors.

This appearance at XPONENTIAL reflects Renishaw’s strategy of positioning its AM and metrology portfolio within the broader autonomous systems supply chain, rather than treating AM as a standalone technology pitch. The company is leveraging its established encoder and measurement business — a rare combination among AM system vendors — to offer a vertically integrated value proposition for customers facing the aerospace qualification grind and the consumer-electronics titanium pull-through. Renishaw’s metal LPBF systems compete with EOS, SLM Solutions (Nikon), and Trumpf in the industrial metal AM segment, but its metrology and encoder lines provide a differentiated bundling angle for defense and aerospace primes who require traceable measurement alongside part production. The event’s Detroit location also signals the growing crossover between automotive manufacturing infrastructure and autonomous systems production.

For Renishaw, the practical value of this exhibition lies in converting booth traffic into qualified-part service contracts and encoder design wins, not in announcing new hardware. The company’s AM business remains a smaller revenue contributor relative to its metrology and encoder divisions, so the near-term test is whether cross-selling these technologies to defense and autonomy customers can accelerate AM adoption without requiring a separate sales channel. Buyers evaluating Renishaw’s LPBF systems should ask about material qualification support for aerospace-grade alloys and integration with the company’s probing solutions for in-process inspection.