Perceptron, Inc.
Plymouth MI metrology company founded 1981; acquired by Atlas Copco Dec 2020; AutoGauge and Coord3 CMMs serve automotive dimensional inspection globally.
Perceptron, Inc. is a US manufacturer of automated industrial metrology products and solutions founded in 1981 by graduates of the General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) and originally headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan. The company developed, produced, and sold a comprehensive range of non-contact measurement and inspection systems used primarily by automotive, aerospace, and heavy manufacturing customers to achieve dimensional quality control, reduce scrap, minimize rework, and increase production uptime.
Perceptron's product portfolio covered both in-line and off-line measurement. In-line and near-line products included AutoGauge (automated gauge systems for continuous body-in-white and assembly inspection), AutoFit (fit and finish measurement), AutoGuide (robot guidance systems using structured light), AccuSite (coordinate measurement), and Helix engineered metrology systems. Off-line solutions included the Coord3 family of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), the V7 3D laser scanner, and TouchDMIS dimensional metrology software. These tools found wide application on automotive body assembly lines, stamping operations, and aerospace structural measurement.
Note: The website listed in this directory (www.perceptron.inc) belongs to a different, unrelated company, Perceptron AI, a startup founded in November 2024 by former Facebook AI Research scientists Armen Aghajanyan and Akshat Shrivastava. Perceptron AI develops foundation vision models for physical AI and embodied reasoning, raising $16M from Bessemer Venture Partners, S32, and others. The correct website for the original Perceptron, Inc. metrology business is www.perceptron.com.
On September 28, 2020, Atlas Copco announced a definitive agreement to acquire Perceptron, Inc. for $7.00 per share in cash, valuing the company at approximately $68.9 million, a 66% premium to the 30-day average closing price. The transaction closed on December 21, 2020. Post-acquisition, Perceptron was integrated into Atlas Copco's Industrial Technique business area alongside Isra Vision within the Machine Vision Solutions division. Perceptron's global footprint included operations in Brazil, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
AutoGauge
Inline non-contact automated gauge system for continuous dimensional inspection of automotive body-in-white and assembly line components.
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1981
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