Hexagon said all of its manufacturing intelligence businesses in metro Detroit will be consolidated into the new center, which will serve as a the focal point for the company's advanced manufacturing capabilities in the region.

The company plans add more jobs over the next 12-18 months, but Benedetti said she could not disclose that number.ĭembs Development began construction on the project at the Beck North Corporate Park at 46480 Nadlan Court in January and expects the center to be completed by the end of October, Ryan Dembs, president and CEO of Dembs Development, told Crain's. There will be no layoffs as part of the plan 135 employees will be working at the new location in Novi to start, Benedetti said. Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, which has locations in Wixon, Ann Arbor and Southfield, provides manufacturers with technologies such as measurement systems and production software to improve productivity, according to its website.Īs part of Hexagon's consolidation plans, the company's seven locations in Wixom, Southfield, Ann Arbor, Troy and Rochester Hills will eventually close, depending on their leases, Hexagon spokeswoman Bridget Benedetti said. The 88,000-square-foot Technology Center of Excellence will include an 11,000-square-foot showroom and demonstration area, along with a technical training center and 15,000-square-foot laboratory and calibration hub, according to a news release from Farmington Hills-based developer Dembs Development Inc. Since 2000, Hexagon has completed more than 170 acquisitions.Sweden-based tech company Hexagon AB is building a $16 million technology center in Novi as part of plan to consolidate its manufacturing intelligence division's footprint in metro Detroit.

Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial (SIG)Īcquisitions play a vital role in Hexagon's growth strategy.Hexagon is organized in these divisions: With over 19,200 employees, Hexagon AB generated annual sales of approximately €3.8 billion and annual profits of approximately €738 million in over 50 countries in 2018. Hexagon AB is a publicly listed global provider of information technology solutions that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial landscapes and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.įounded in 1975, Hexagon AB is a global multinational technology group for metrology and geoanalytics and the parent company of Leica Geosystems (Switzerland), among others.

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