Brand Directory
150+ Metrology & Geophysical Equipment Brands
PartnerGeometrics sources from every major dimensional/geometrical metrology manufacturer and geophysical instrument maker worldwide. Our comprehensive brand coverage means you never need to look elsewhere — whether you need a Mitutoyo caliper, a Zeiss CMM, a Geometrics magnetometer, or a GSSI GPR system.
Japanese Precision Metrology
Japan is home to some of the world's highest-volume and most trusted precision measurement manufacturers, spanning everyday hand tools through to full CNC coordinate measuring systems.
Mitutoyo
Mitutoyo Corporation — JapanThe world's largest manufacturer of precision measuring instruments. Digital and vernier calipers, micrometers, height gauges, and dial indicators alongside CMMs (Crysta-Apex, Strato series), form testers (Formtracer), surface roughness testers (Surftest), and vision systems (QV, QuickImage).
Keyence
Keyence Corporation — JapanHigh-speed image dimension measurement systems (IM series) that capture full-part dimensions in seconds without programming. Also laser displacement sensors and digital microscopes used for in-line quality control.
Nikon Metrology
Nikon Corporation — JapanOptical and multisensor measuring systems, video measuring machines, and X-ray/CT inspection systems for internal geometry and non-destructive dimensional analysis.
CKD / Fine Instruments
Various — JapanPrecision air gauging and pneumatic comparators used for high-speed, high-repeatability bore and diameter checks in mass production environments.
Hexagon Group
Hexagon AB is one of the world's largest metrology groups, built through the acquisition of long-established specialist brands spanning CMMs, portable metrology, and precision hand tools.
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
Hexagon AB — SwedenCMM software (PC-DMIS) and systems platform spanning the group's hardware brands. Global CMM, portable arm, and laser tracker sales and support network.
DEA
Hexagon AB — ItalyBridge and gantry CMMs, including large-volume shop-floor systems. Long-established Italian CMM manufacturer known for high-throughput automotive and aerospace inspection cells.
Leitz
Hexagon AB — GermanyUltra-high-accuracy CMMs for reference-grade laboratory measurement. The Leitz PMM-C and Reference series are used as calibration-grade masters in metrology labs.
Leica Geosystems (Metrology)
Hexagon AB — SwitzerlandAbsolute Tracker laser trackers and Absolute Arm portable measuring arms for large-volume and in-situ industrial measurement, widely used in aerospace and heavy fabrication.
Wenzel
Hexagon AB — GermanyBridge and gantry CMMs including large-format systems for automotive body and large casting inspection. Also gear-measuring CMM variants.
Tesa
Hexagon AB — SwitzerlandPrecision hand tools and gauges — calipers, micrometers, height gauges, and comparators — plus small-envelope CMMs (Tesa Micro-Hite, Visio). A Swiss-precision hand-tool brand widely used on European shop floors.
German & Swiss Precision
Germany and Switzerland's engineering heritage runs deep in dimensional metrology — from CMM pioneers to specialist form and surface measurement houses.
Zeiss
Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik — GermanyOne of the two dominant global CMM manufacturers. Contura, Prismo, and Accura CMM lines cover shop-floor through reference-grade accuracy; O-Inspect combines optical and tactile probing on one platform, popular for small/medical parts.
Mahr
Mahr GmbH — GermanyForm and surface measurement specialist — MarSurf surface roughness testers and MMQ/MarForm roundness and contour measuring machines — plus precision hand tools including micrometers and dial gauges dating back over a century.
Trimos
Trimos SA — SwitzerlandSwiss specialist in height gauges and length measuring instruments, widely used as reference-grade equipment in calibration laboratories for verifying other gauges.
Werth Messtechnik
Werth GmbH — GermanyMultisensor coordinate measuring systems combining optical, tactile, and X-ray/CT sensing on one machine — used for complex parts requiring more than one measurement principle.
Helios Preisser
C. Stiefelmayer GmbH — GermanyPrecision hand tools and gauges — calipers, micrometers, dial indicators, and thread gauges — a long-established German workshop-tool brand.
Portable & Laser Metrology
When a part or assembly can't come to the CMM, portable metrology brings traceable measurement to it — on the factory floor, in the shipyard, or on the aircraft.
Faro
FARO Technologies — USAPortable articulated measuring arms (FaroArm), laser trackers (Vantage), and 3D laser scanners (Focus). One of the most widely deployed portable metrology brands across aerospace, automotive, and reverse engineering.
API — Automated Precision Inc.
API — USALaser trackers (Radian series) and dynamic measurement systems for large-volume industrial metrology, alignment, and machine tool calibration.
Renishaw
Renishaw plc — UKCMM probing systems and styli, machine tool touch probes, and calibration artifacts. Renishaw probe heads are used across nearly every CMM brand as an add-on sensing technology.
American & UK Brands
Starrett
L.S. Starrett Company — USALong-established American precision tool maker — calipers, micrometers, gauge blocks, and optical comparators (AVR series) for shop-floor and lab measurement.
Taylor Hobson
AMETEK — UKRoundness, form, and surface finish measurement pioneer — the Talyrond and Form Talysurf product lines remain reference-standard instruments in bearing, engine, and precision-component manufacturing.
Brown & Sharpe
Hexagon AB — USAHistoric American precision-tool brand, now part of Hexagon, contributing hand tools and legacy CMM installations still supported in the field.
Magnetic & Gravity Survey Brands
A small number of specialist manufacturers, mostly North American, dominate magnetometer and gravimeter production for exploration, UXO, and geodetic survey work.
Geometrics
Independent — USAProton precession and Overhauser magnetometers, lightweight drone-mounted sensors, and gradiometer configurations, alongside seismic recorders and geophones. One of the most widely deployed exploration geophysics brands.
GEM Systems
Independent — CanadaOverhauser magnetometers, multi-sensor gradiometer arrays, and base-station systems for exploration, environmental, and archaeological survey.
Scintrex
Independent — CanadaProton precession magnetometers and relative gravimeters (CG-series), rugged field instruments trusted across decades of mineral and groundwater exploration.
Micro-g LaCoste
Independent — USAAbsolute gravimeters using free-fall laser interferometry (e.g. FG5-X style instruments) — the reference standard for high-precision gravity measurement in geodesy and metrology.
ZLS Corporation
Independent — USARelative and marine gravimeters used for land, marine, and airborne gravity surveys, including long-standing dynamic gravimeter platforms.
Seismic & Ground Penetrating Radar Brands
Seismic acquisition and ground penetrating radar are the workhorse tools of near-surface geophysics — used for everything from utility locating to engineering site characterization.
GSSI
Geophysical Survey Systems Inc. — USAThe best-known ground penetrating radar brand worldwide, supplying GPR systems for utility locating, concrete/rebar scanning, and geotechnical and archaeological subsurface imaging.
Sensors & Software
Independent — CanadaGPR systems (pulseEKKO, Noggin-style platforms) for environmental, geotechnical, and archaeological survey, known for rugged field-portable designs.
Guideline Geo (MALÅ)
Guideline Geo AB — SwedenMALÅ-branded GPR systems widely used across European infrastructure, geotechnical, and archaeological survey markets.
IDS GeoRadar
Hexagon AB — ItalyGPR and radar-based monitoring systems for infrastructure inspection, road/rail assessment, and geotechnical investigation.
Geospace Technologies
Geospace Technologies — USAGeophones and seismic sensors used in exploration and reservoir monitoring seismic acquisition systems worldwide.
DMT
DMT GmbH & Co. KG — GermanySeismic and geotechnical monitoring systems for mining, tunnelling, and infrastructure applications across Europe.
Electrical, EM & Borehole Geophysics Brands
Electrical resistivity, electromagnetic, and borehole logging methods are the primary tools for groundwater, environmental contamination, and subsurface characterization work.
AGI
Advanced Geosciences Inc. — USAMulti-electrode resistivity and induced polarization systems (SuperSting-style instruments) for electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) in groundwater and environmental investigation.
IRIS Instruments
Independent — FranceResistivity meters and multi-channel acquisition systems (Syscal-style platforms) widely used in hydrogeology and mining exploration.
Zonge International
Independent — USAInduced polarization and resistivity systems for mineral exploration, geared toward deep-penetration IP surveys in mining geophysics.
Geonics
Geonics Limited — CanadaFrequency-domain electromagnetic instruments (EM31/EM34/EM61-style systems) for conductivity mapping, metal detection, and UXO/utility surveys — an industry standard for decades.
DUALEM
DUALEM Inc. — CanadaMulti-coil electromagnetic conductivity systems for precision agriculture, environmental, and near-surface geophysical mapping.
Mount Sopris Instruments
Independent — USABorehole logging probes and winch systems for groundwater, geotechnical, and mineral-exploration well logging.
Robertson Geologging
Independent — UKSlimhole borehole logging systems used in groundwater and geotechnical site investigation across Europe.
ALT
Advanced Logic Technology — LuxembourgBorehole televiewers and logging software for downhole imaging and geotechnical/geological borehole characterization.