Gloucestershire-based Renishaw has recently opened two new facilities in Asia.

To help service its growing customer base in India and Japan, the global engineering technologies company has opened state-of-the-art technology centres in Chennai in India, and Nagoya in Japan.

These upgraded facilities will strengthen Renishaw's presence in both countries and improve customer access to the company's engineering expertise and innovative technologies.

Renishaw unveiled its upgraded Nagoya facility at a two-day event, attended by over 100 guests including its largest distributors, machine builder customers, Japanese metrology academics, representatives from the British Embassy and employees from the company's Tokyo office.

Over the two days, Renishaw showcased the centre's demonstration and office spaces, calibration laboratory, warehouse and despatch areas. The event also included demonstrations of the full range of metrology and spectroscopy products offered by Renishaw.

Jason Taylor, managing director of Renishaw Japan, said: "The event was a chance for us to show visitors how far Renishaw has come since opening our first Nagoya office in 1986. We bought the current Nagoya building in 2019 and moved our offices there, and we've now turned the first floor into a brand-new technology centre with a customer demonstration area, seminar room and applications development areas."

The opening of Renishaw's new office and demonstration centre in Chennai was attended by hundreds of customers, machine tool builders, channel partners and journalists.

The new facility will support Renishaw's customers and partners in the Tamil Nadu region, as well as host potential buyers, so they can test the application of Renishaw products on their components before investing. The Chennai site will also serve as a training hub for students, machine builders, end user customers, channel partners and Renishaw employees.

Paul Weaver, director of sales and marketing at Renishaw India, said: "India is currently experiencing a dynamic period of growth, making it an exciting time to be part of this market. The machine tool industry is expanding, new investments are flowing in from abroad, and both the domestic and export markets are seeing significant demand. Renishaw is at the heart of this growth, actively supporting the precision manufacturing sector."