{"id":8814,"date":"2016-08-01T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T16:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/?p=8814"},"modified":"2016-08-01T16:21:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T16:21:56","slug":"faro-expands-metrology-and-factory-automation-offerings-with-acquisition-of-buildit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/faro-expands-metrology-and-factory-automation-offerings-with-acquisition-of-buildit\/","title":{"rendered":"FARO\u00a0Expands Metrology and Factory Automation Offerings with Acquisition of BuildIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FARO, the world\u2019s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for Metrology, Factory Automation, Product Design, Public Safety, BIM\/CIM and 3D Services applications, announces the acquisition of BuildIT Software &amp; Solutions Ltd., a leader in process-configurable 3D metrology software solutions with hardware agnostic interfaces. FARO will introduce the configuration power of the BuildIT software in a new \u201cYour Product, Your Process,\u00a0Your Solution\u201d campaign aimed at providing major customers with customizable, in-process solutions that integrate metrology devices and sensors from multiple manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>Located in Montreal, Canada, BuildIT\u2019s software is used daily on the production lines of 5 of the 10 largest aerospace and defense manufacturers. BuildIT\u2019s software is hardware independent, giving customers the flexibility to utilize different hardware offerings to maximize productivity and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe acquisition of BuildIT bolsters FARO\u2019s complementary suite of software solutions for our metrology customers,\u201d stated Dr. Simon Raab, FARO\u2019s President and CEO. \u201cBy adding BuildIT to our metrology portfolio, our customers now have even greater software options for use in a variety of 3D metrology manufacturing applications to reduce inspection and assembly times and increase productivity. The BuildIT software suite is hardware agnostic. FARO recognizes that its Factory Automation and Metrology customers often integrate equipment from multiple vendors, and we are committed to providing valuable and configurable customer-specific solutions irrespective of metrology manufacturer mix.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FARO, the world\u2019s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for Metrology, Factory Automation, Product Design, Public Safety, BIM\/CIM and 3D Services applications, announces the acquisition of BuildIT Software &amp; Solutions Ltd., a leader in process-configurable 3D metrology software solutions with hardware agnostic interfaces. FARO will introduce the configuration power of the BuildIT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,1],"tags":[293,567],"class_list":["post-8814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metrology","category-uncategorized","tag-buildit-software","tag-faro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}