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.
Niigata Seiki
Niigata Seiki Co. — JapanVerniers, micrometers, gauge blocks, pin and ring gauges, and dial indicators — a broad Japanese precision hand-tool range.
Peacock
Ozaki Mfg. — JapanLong-established Japanese brand of dial and digital measuring clocks (comparator indicators) used for benchtop and fixture-mounted gauging.
Magnescale
Magnescale Co. (formerly Sony Precision Technology) — JapanMagnetic linear scales, digital gauging probes, digital readouts (DROs), and laser scales for high-precision position feedback and dimensional gauging.
Extended Precision Hand Tools & Gauges
Beyond the flagship names, a large tier of specialist and value-focused hand-tool and gauge manufacturers fills out the shop-floor toolkit — bore gauges, dial indicators, magnetic stands, and economy-line instruments.
INSIZE
INSIZE Co. — China/TaiwanBroad, value-tier measuring range spanning vision measuring machines, CMMs, profile projectors, hardness and roughness testers, calipers, micrometers, and height gauges.
Sylvac
Sylvac SA — SwitzerlandDigital indicators, dial gauges, and vision measuring systems, known for wireless/Bluetooth-enabled hand tools that feed data directly into SPC software.
Diatest
Diatest Präzisionsmesszeuge — GermanyBore-gauging and pneumatic/electronic internal-diameter measurement specialist, founded 1948 — a recognized reference in internal-diameter metrology.
Bowers
Bowers Group — UKBore micrometers and internal-diameter gauges, plus hardness testers, widely used for cylinder bore and precision hole measurement.
Marposs
Marposs S.p.A. — ItalyIn-process gauging and production measurement systems, including internal micrometers and automated gauging stations used directly on machine tools.
Kröplin
Kroeplin GmbH — GermanyInternal and external precision calipers and micrometers for bore, groove, and shaft dimension checks in workshop and QC use.
Schwenk
Schwenk Präzision — GermanyPrecision internal and external micrometers for bore and shaft measurement, a long-standing German workshop-gauge manufacturer.
Käfer
Käfer Präzisionsmesszeuge — GermanyDial and digital measuring clocks (comparator indicators) and precision gauges for benchtop and fixture-mounted inspection.
Fisso
Independent — GermanyMagnetic measuring stands and articulated indicator holders used to position dial and digital indicators for repeatable benchtop gauging.
Filetta
Independent — EuropeEconomy-line measuring instruments — calipers and micrometers — positioned as a budget-tier option for general workshop use.
Peak
Peak Optics — JapanPrecision loupes, magnifiers, and small measuring microscopes used for visual inspection alongside dimensional gauging.
Martin + Tschopp
Independent — SwitzerlandPrecision measuring pins and related reference gauging components for calibration and comparator setups.
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.
CE Johansson
Hexagon AB — SwedenThe historic originator of the modern gauge block concept, dating to the early 1900s. Today supplies precision reference standards — gauge blocks and calibration artifacts — as part of the Hexagon group.
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.
Heidenhain
Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH — GermanyMachine-tool-grade linear and angle encoders, digital readouts (DROs), and numerical controls. A major independent precision-measurement brand distinct from the CMM makers, widely paired with machine tools and inspection equipment.
Optical Comparators, Profile Projectors & Digital Microscopes
Optical comparators and profile projectors remain a mainstay of shop-floor 2D inspection, projecting a magnified silhouette of a part against a reference overlay — complementary to, and often more accessible than, a full vision measuring machine.
OGP / Optical Gaging Products
OGP — USADedicated optical comparator and contour-projector manufacturer (Opticom Qualifier line), plus digital overlay and part-fitting software for benchtop 2D inspection.
Micro-Vu
Micro-Vu Corporation — USAProfile projectors and vision measuring systems for precision 2D/3D dimensional inspection, widely used in machine shops and QC labs.
Deltronic
Deltronic Corporation — USAPrecision pin gages and bore-gaging tools, alongside Imagemaster-branded profile projectors — a combined gaging and optical-inspection product line.
Dino-Lite
AnMo Electronics — TaiwanHandheld USB digital microscopes widely used for quick visual inspection, surface defect checks, and documentation alongside dimensional measurement equipment.
Independent CMM & Precision Instrument Makers
Beyond the large multinational groups, a number of independent manufacturers remain significant forces in CMM and precision-instrument design — some with deep pedigree in the technology's own history.
LK Metrology
Independent — UKFounded by CMM pioneer Norman Key, credited with early bridge-type CMM and touch-trigger probe development. Now independent again after a period within Nikon, and has since acquired Nikon's laser-scanning/Focus Inspection software line.
Aberlink
Independent — UKUK-designed and built CMMs positioned as an accessible, affordable alternative to the major multinational CMM brands, in business over 30 years.
Accretech / Tokyo Seimitsu
Tokyo Seimitsu Co. — JapanBuilt Japan's first CMM and remains a major roundness/cylindricity (RONDCOM) and surface-texture instrument maker, alongside X-ray CT metrology systems.
Portable 3D Scanning
Handheld and structured-light 3D scanners capture full-surface point clouds for reverse engineering, first-article inspection, and complex freeform geometry that traditional point-probing struggles with.
Creaform
AMETEK — CanadaMetrology-grade portable 3D laser scanners (HandySCAN line) for reverse engineering, dimensional inspection, and quality control on the shop floor.
GOM
Carl Zeiss GOM Metrology — GermanyStructured-light 3D scanning systems (ATOS/Scan lines) for full-part digitization, deformation analysis, and dimensional inspection — now part of the Zeiss metrology group.
Artec 3D
Artec 3D — Luxembourg/LatviaHandheld structured-light 3D scanners for reverse engineering and quality-control applications across manufacturing and design.
Workholding & Fixture Systems
CMM and machine-tool accuracy depends on how the part is held. Zero-point and modular clamping systems let shops move parts between machining, inspection, and EDM stations without losing datum reference.
Erowa
Erowa AG — SwitzerlandZero-point clamping and modular workholding/automation systems widely used alongside CMM and machining cells to preserve part datums across processes.
System 3R
GF Machining Solutions — Sweden/SwitzerlandChuck-and-pallet modular workholding, a long-standing standard for EDM, CNC machining, and CMM tooling interchangeability.
Witte (Alufix)
Witte GmbH — GermanyModular aluminum clamping and fixture-building systems (Alufix) used to build custom part-holding fixtures for measurement and machining.
Jergens
Jergens Inc. — USAGeneral workholding and fixturing components manufacturer, in business since 1942, widely used across machining and inspection setups.
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.
Sercel
Sercel — FranceWorld-leading manufacturer of seismic acquisition equipment — geophones, hydrophones, and cable-free nodal recording systems (WiNG, Accel) for land, marine, and downhole seismic surveys.
INOVA Geophysical
Independent — USASeismic instrumentation manufacturer known for the Quantum cable-free nodal seismic recording system used in large-scale exploration surveys.
Seistronix
Independent — USASeismic recording systems (EX-6, EX-12, RAS-24/RAS-120) combining rugged field hardware with acquisition software for exploration and engineering seismic surveys.
MAE Advanced Geophysics Instruments
MAE S.r.l. — ItalyMultichannel seismographs used for MASW (multichannel analysis of surface waves) and refraction/reflection seismic surveys in engineering geophysics.
SmartSolo
SmartSolo — ChinaCompact, low-cost autonomous nodal seismic recorders widely used in near-surface and passive seismic surveys, valued for rapid large-array deployment.
Marine & Towed Survey Equipment
Marine geophysics adds side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profiling, and towed magnetometry to the toolkit — used for hydrographic survey, UXO/wreck detection, and offshore site investigation. Available on request alongside our core catalog.
EdgeTech
EdgeTech — USASide-scan sonar and sub-bottom profiler systems for marine geophysical and hydrographic survey work.
Klein Marine Systems
Klein Marine Systems — USASide-scan sonar systems and marine magnetometers used in hydrographic, UXO, and wreck-detection survey work.
Marine Magnetics Corp
Marine Magnetics — CanadaTowed marine magnetometers (SeaSpy, Explorer lines) for offshore UXO, archaeology, and pipeline/cable route survey.
C-Max
C-Max Ltd — UKSide-scan sonar systems for marine survey, hydrography, and seabed classification.
Innomar Technologie
Innomar Technologie — GermanyParametric sub-bottom profiler systems for high-resolution shallow sub-seabed imaging.
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.
GF Instruments
GF Instruments s.r.o. — Czech RepublicBroad-range multi-method manufacturer — ARES resistivity systems, CMD electromagnetic conductivity meters, magnetic susceptibility meters, and gamma-ray spectrometers.
Crone Geophysics & Exploration
Crone Geophysics — CanadaGround time-domain (PEM) electromagnetic transmitter/receiver systems for mineral exploration.
Geovista
Geovista Ltd — UKBorehole geophysical logging probes, winches, and acquisition systems for groundwater and geotechnical site investigation.
Geomatrix Earth Science
Geomatrix Earth Science Ltd — UKBorehole logging winches (MX Winch series) and land geophysical survey equipment.