Renishaw Plc is engaged in the designing, manufacturing, sale, distribution, and service of manufacturing technologies, products and services, and analytical instruments, and medical devices. The firm operates through the following segments: Industrial Metrology, Position Measurement, and Specialized Technologies. The Industrial Metrology segment was established, and emerging products listed above in the Industrial Metrology product group, plus Calibration products and Industrial automation products for robots. The Position Measurement segment offers products listed above in the Position Measurement product group, with the exception of Calibration products and Industrial automation products for robots. The Specialized Technologies segment refers to products listed above in the Additive Manufacturing, Spectroscopy, and Neurological product groups. The company was founded by David Roberts McMurtry and Daniel John Deer on April 4, 1973 and is headquartered in Wotton-under-Edge, the United Kingdom.