Press Release
Internet Videocommunications provides a highly
specialised solution to Renishaw plc.

21st April 2003

Executive summary
Renishaw plc, the world’s leading provider of metrology and spectroscopy products, required a highly specialised conferencing solution to enable engineering collaboration between its headquarters and certain manufacturing and research and development sites. Renishaw selected Internet Videocommunications to design, install and support Polycom iPower systems at its key centres globally.

Benefits
· Instantaneous multi-site communication reduces development time, accelerating speed of product to market.
· Customised solution enables interactive collaboration and enhanced flow of information for faster problem solving.
· Improves quality control.
· Reduces travel costs.
· Improves communications with global customer and supplier base.

About Renishaw
Renishaw’s business is metrology, the science of measurement. The Group’s innovative products ensure that exacting specifications are met with cost-effective methods, and perform measurement to international standards. Renishaw designs, manufactures and markets metrology and spectroscopy solutions to customers around the world.

Business issues
Renishaw is a design-led company, with innovation at the heart of its business.
As customers demand ever-shorter product to market lead times, Renishaw needs to find ways to accelerate new product development.

The solution
It was agreed that videoconferencing would solve many of Renishaw’s issues; however, the company’s specific requirement for interactive collaboration demanded a highly specialised solution. Renishaw selected Internet Videocommunications, Europe’s leading independent conferencing provider, to design, install and maintain such a solution.

Benefits of videoconferencing
Following the deployment of the Polycom iPower systems, Renishaw has significantly reduced its travel budget for commuting between the three locations. Videoconferencing has benefited the business by freeing up management and development time. However, it is the interactive collaboration delivering faster problem solving that is proving the most valuable return on investment.

User acceptability
Renishaw’s development teams have fully embraced videoconferencing; they are relaxed with the technology and incorporate it into their working day.
Internet Videocommunications will continue to work in partnership with Renishaw to deliver the conferencing solutions that facilitate a more collaborative way of working.