Renishaw Opens New Slovenian Research Facility

Engineering  company Renishaw has announced the creation of Renishaw Tehnični Inženiring d.o.o., a new research and development organisation which is located within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The new facility was formally opened on 16 June by Sir David McMurtry, Renishaw's chairman and chief executive, who co-founded the company in 1973.

Renishaw d.o.o. has been set up following many years of successful technical cooperation between Renishaw and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Ljubljana. It will design, develop and supply integrated circuits and sensor technologies for the Renishaw Group and RLS merilna tehnika d.o.o, a Slovenian associate of Renishaw, based in Komenda.

Sir McMurtry stated he is delighted to be able to formally announce the formation of their new Slovenian operation, which adds further capability to the company’s global research and development capabilities. Over a period of more than a decade, the University of Ljubljana's Laboratory of Microelectronics (LMFE) has been a key supplier of ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits) to the Renishaw Group, and this new investment reflects the confidence in the continuing value of that relationship, he continued.

Dean of the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Professor Igor Papič, added that by combining the skills of a renowned engineering faculty with that of a world-leading engineering company, they have created an environment that offers enormous potential for research and development. They aim to support Renishaw d.o.o. in its future requirements for advanced electronics that will meet the exacting needs of the precision measurement and healthcare sectors.