Hexagon

Regulatory Filings • Aug 7, 2008

Press release, Stockholm, Sweden, 7 August 2008

Hexagon strengthens its presence in India

Hexagon announces the inauguration of a new assembly and manufacturing facility in Noida, India. In the following weeks Hexagon will start the delivery of locally assembled coordinate measuring machines to Indian customers. The facility will gradually cover the full range of metrology products including articulated arms.

Hexagon's subsidiary Hexagon Metrology India is a leading supplier of precision metrology products to customers throughout the Indian subcontinent. In addition to locally produced measurement systems, the company supplies other Hexagon coordinate measuring machine brands including Leitz, DEA, Brown & Sharpe and the PC-DMIS software. ROMER portable measuring arms and Leica Geosystems measuring systems, complete the Hexagon product offering to Indian customers.

"The new assembly and manufacturing facility in Noida is Hexagon's latest step in increasing presence, support and supply of local products to our customers on the Indian subcontinent. Through our 19 locations and with more than 130 employees, we are committed to continue providing ever improving high quality products and services in the region", says Ola Rollén, CEO and President of Hexagon AB.

For further information please contact: Sara Kraft, IR Manager, Hexagon AB, +46 8 601 26 27, ir@hexagon.se

Hexagon AB is a global measurement technologies company with strong market positions. Hexagon's mission is to develop and market leading technologies and services to measure in one, two or three dimensions, to position and update objects and to time processes. The group has about 8 000 employees in 35 countries and net sales of about 13 000 MSEK. Read more at www.hexagon.se.