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20 YEARS OF POSITIVE GROWTH
his year marks the 20th Anniversary of Micro-Epsilon (UK) Ltd. Founded in 1968, Micro-Epsilon is a synonym for high-performance sensor technology. In 2004, Micro-Epsilon UK Limited was established and for 20 years has been proud to support UK industry in the pursuit of MORE PRECISION. The growth of the UK business since it was set up has been consistently strong.
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One factor responsible for this continued growth is the company’s impressive product portfolio and innovation. Micro-Epsilon’s comprehensive range of products now includes sensors for displacement, distance, position and length measurement, 2D laser profile sensors and 3D snapshot sensors for dimensional and surface inspection, colour sensors, non-contact temperature sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and full turnkey measurement and inspection systems. Chris Jones, who has been managing director of Micro-Epsilon UK since 2004, comments: “It’s amazing when you look back over the last 20 years at the performance of the UK business, which has grown so rapidly – from a one-man office in Liverpool 20 years ago, to a multi- million pound business. We’ve achieved all of this despite strong competition in the UK and changing market conditions, which have included the 2008 financial crash and more recently the COVID-19 global pandemic. This demonstrates what an incredible effort our staff have made over the last two decades and how our customers continue to value our products and our people so highly.” As Jones emphasises: “Micro-Epsilon UK is not just a supplier of sensors and measurement systems, but offers installation, training, aftersales service and support, from a UK- based engineering team – something which
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many competitors do not offer. This gives us a key strategic advantage that is valued by our customer base.”
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Starting from a desk in his back bedroom in 2002, to celebrating the company’s 20th Anniversary in 2024, Chris Jones founded and has grown the business over the last 20 years into a market leading UK sensor company. After graduating in 1995 with a Mechanical System Design engineering degree, Jones worked as an applications and sales engineer at various sensor suppliers, before deciding that he wanted to establish his own business supplying leading edge sensors into UK manufacturing.
RAPID GROWTH
When searching for high performance sensors that offered something different to the UK marketplace, Jones discovered Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik GmbH, a specialist sensor manufacturer of non- contact displacement sensors.
In January 2002, Jones started promoting and supplying Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik displacement sensors to the UK marketplace, and just two years later, in July 2004, Jones founded Micro-Epsilon UK Ltd in partnership with Micro-Epsilon GmbH, as joint owners. Over the last 20 years, Micro-Epsilon UK has consistently grown year-on-year into a multi- million pound annual sales turnover business. In this time, Micro-Epsilon has developed a strong brand image and reputation in the UK for high quality products and a professional approach to business, providing high technical knowledge and excellent customer service. The business is an established supplier in almost all manufacturing sectors, from Formula One, automotive, aerospace, medical, robotics and automation, to all advanced manufacturing
Micro-Epsilon’s range of products includes sensors for displacement, distance, position and length measurement, 2D laser profile sensors and 3D snapshot sensors for dimensional and surface measurements, colour sensors, non- contact temperature sensors, thermal imaging cameras, and full turnkey measurement and inspection systems.
Chris Jones, managing director of Micro-Epsilon UK.
sectors. The company is also heavily involved in research and development activities, from fundamental science experiments at the Diamond Light Source particle accelerator facility in Didcot splitting atoms, to the UK
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