Hexagon AB
Hexagon AB (HEXA-B.ST) is a publicly traded Machine Vision & Inspection company founded in 1975 and based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Hexagon AB was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Its Manufacturing Intelligence business area, made up of the Stationary Metrology, Portable Metrology and Production Software divisions, sells coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), laser trackers, 3D scanners and quality software to manufacturers. Two other business areas, Infrastructure & Geospatial and Autonomous Solutions, sell reality-capture, machine-control and satellite-positioning systems, and a separate Robotics division develops the AEON humanoid. Hexagon earns revenue from hardware sales, software and services. It sold its Design & Engineering business to Cadence Design Systems for about €2.7 billion on Feb. 23, 2026 and spun off its Octave software group to shareholders on May 22, 2026. Third-quarter 2026 operating net sales were €1,049.1 million, up 13% organically, with Manufacturing Intelligence at €446.2 million. Hexagon trades on Nasdaq Stockholm as HEXA B and had 16,117 employees on Sept. 30, 2026.
Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence business supplies the CMMs, laser trackers and scanners that electronics, aerospace and defense, automotive and general manufacturers use for quality control, and its sales grew 16% organically in the third quarter of 2026. In April 2026 Schaeffler committed to deploy at least 1,000 AEON humanoids across its plants by 2032, and BMW began testing AEON at its Leipzig plant in December 2025. Hexagon's $1.45 billion purchase of Baker Hughes' Waygate Technologies, due to close in Q4 2026, adds X-ray, CT and ultrasonic inspection.
At a glance
Total raised
Undisclosed
Headcount
10k+
Headquarters
Stockholm
SwedenFounded
1975
Status
Public
Subsector
Manufacturing, ranked
Top 25 Manufacturing companies →Funding history
Total raised
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Rounds tracked
0
No dated funding rounds on file. This company is privately held and may be raising or operating on undisclosed capital.