Tesa (measuring instruments)

Tesa is a company Suisse specialized in the manufacture of measuring instruments of utmost precision

Origin of the name

Measuring devices of precision 0,01 µm (5000 instruments and systems of measurement of utmost precision)

1941, foundation of the company " SA" telephony; d'" subsidiary company; Autophon" (Ascom), manufacture of parts for the telephones.
to diversify, the company creates an measuring instrument (micrometer) " Minimetal®" , under the mark " Tesa"
1945, the company separates from the head office
1950, l'" IMICRO®" , measurer of borings to three contact systems
1957, the " TESAMASTER®" , the micrometer integrating an exclusive system of reading remained new
1967, entered the American group Brown Sharpe
1970, first feelers up to 0.01 µm
1975, the " TESAMODUL®" , system of measurement multicote
1977, the " Digit-CCL®" , a electronic Slide caliper with digital display
1983, the " TESA® CQC 200" , first industrial computer of measurement multicote
1985, the " CCT 2001®" , a network computerized for the centralized management of the quality control
1989, the first laser interferometer
1993, purchase of MERCER LTD., ROCH FRANCE with its German subsidiary company MAUSER and COMPAC GENEVA
1996, le" MICROMASTER®" utilsant the capacitive system of measurement " CAPAµSYSTEM®"
2001, Hexagon (Sweden) (turnover: 2.3 billion $, 8200 employees) repurchases Brown Sharpe
2001, the electronic slide calipers " TESA-CAL® IP65" and, very recently, IP67 are provided with system TESA MAGNAΜSYSTEM®
2003, the " TESA-SCAN®" , " TESA-SCOPE®2 and " TESA-VISIO®" , optical system of measurement without contact.
2004, the " MICRO-HITE 3D®" , the measurement with three coordinates

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