Zeiss Acquires Coordinate Measurement Specialists

To further expand its resources in providing solution-based applications programming for coordinate measuring machines, Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, LLC (Maple Grove, MN) has acquired Coordinate Measurement Specialists, Inc. (CMS; Novi, MI). The company, now known as Carl Zeiss Metrology Services, Inc., will help solidify the commitment Zeiss has to providing local solutions to customers in the form of contract metrology services, training, technical support and application project management.

The new Carl Zeiss Metrology Services will apply its already extensive experience in providing applications programming solutions for their customers in North America with the additional strong resources of Zeiss behind it. Working with enterprise automotive and aerospace companies is a key expertise and the new company has a highly skilled application engineering team with a rich history of project management. The company is also a leading turnkey provider for metrology programming projects.

“CMS has been an outstanding business partner with us for over two decades. Their technical expertise matches very well with our solution-based and customer-centric environment,” adds Michael Kirchner, the president of Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology.

John and Karl Gauruder, who remain co-owners of the company, will continue to support and build upon the new Carl Zeiss Metrology Services. “This acquisition is important in our ongoing commitment to provide value-added metrology services to our customers. The expertise at CMS, combined with Zeiss technology and brand recognition, is attractive to us on several levels and we see opportunities for expansion into the types of services we can provide for our customers,” says Al Chiasson, the new general manager of Carl Zeiss Metrology Services, Inc.

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