LEUVEN MINDGATE

METRIS AND RENISHAW ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT


METRIS AND RENISHAW ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT
ON THE LICENSING OF METRIS CAMIO CMM SOFTWARE

Leuven, January 6th, 2009 - Metris and Renishaw today announce a recent agreement under which Renishaw licenses the source code of the Metris Camio CMM software. In order to support their own further development Renishaw has also employed a number of Metris engineers.

Metris preserves full ownership of the original source code and the Camio brand name.
Metris will continue to develop and market Camio as its multi-sensor CMM solution as part of its continued commitment to deliver total metrology solutions based upon its LK and C3 CMM
range.
Starting from the rich measurement and inspection capabilities offered today by the Camio software, Renishaw using its new development team, will develop its own proprietary CMM
software supporting Renishaw's UCC controller family in combination with the wide range of Renishaw probing systems including the REVOT 5-axis scanning solution.
'Having access to our own software product significantly enhances our retrofit offering allowing us to complement our existing I++DME interface strategy with a one-stop-shop'
commented Ben Taylor, Assistant Chief Executive at Renishaw.

About Renishaw
One of the world's leading engineering technology companies, Renishaw, based in the UK, specializes in the design, manufacture and sale of precision metrology and inspection
equipment, which is sold to a broad range of industrial sectors. Renishaw plc has been honored with twelve Queen's Awards to date, recognizing Technological Achievement,
Export Achievement and, most recently in April 2007, for Enterprise in the Innovations category.

In the year to 30th June 2008, Renishaw generated revenue of £201.2 million, of which 94 per cent was to export markets, and profit before tax of £41.7 million. The Renishaw Group
currently has more than 50 locations in 30 countries, with over 2,100 employees.
More information is available at www.renishaw.com .

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