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FARO CREAFORM’s HandySCAN 3D EVO Series Wins Red Dot Award for Product Design

mai 15, 2026

Market-leading handheld 3D scanner earns prestigious distinction for innovative and ergonomic design

Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, May 13, 2026 — FARO CREAFORM, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and global provider of 3D scanning and portable CMM solutions, today announced that the company’s HandySCAN 3D EVO Series™ handheld 3D scanner has won the distinguished Red Dot Award for Product Design.
Known for over 70 years as the benchmark for global product design excellence, Red Dot has become one of the most sought-after seals of quality and international prestige. Each year thousands of companies submit applications in categories ranging from Product Design, Brands & Communication, and Design Concept. And this year FARO CREAFORM is a Product Design standout winner, our 6^th such award in this category for the HandySCAN 3D lineup. This recognition reinforces the fact that innovation and design are in our DNA, driving our mission to deliver an exceptional 3D scanning experience through our industry‑leading handheld 3D scanners.

“We at FARO CREAFORM are honored that our market-leading handheld 3D scanner has been recognized by this year’s Red Dot Award Jury,” said Fanny Truchon, FARO CREAFORM President & Chief Executive Officer. “This highly sought‑after recognition celebrates a design philosophy that successfully unifies unmatched usability, high‑end performance, and distinctive FARO CREAFORM styling—while remaining purpose‑built for industrial environments. Products like the HandySCAN 3D EVO Series exemplify our commitment to advancing 3D metrology solutions that deliver formidable accuracy and precision, while remaining intuitive across a wide range of shop‑floor applications.”

The HandySCAN 3D EVO Series comes in a compact, lightweight design featuring a large 4.3-inch touchscreen display that enables real-time visualization and enhanced freedom of movement and efficiency.

Through its ergonomic graphical user interface (GUl), the EVO Series enhances the user experience by streamlining the inspection process and eliminating the need to move back and forth between the part and the laptop. Additionally, its optimized architecture offers three mechanical buttons to navigate on-screen menus, and includes a directional distance indicator. The device connects through a single rugged industrial push-pull secure connector, balanced for optimal weight distribution.

“The novelty of its appearance, with its large touchscreen, its sleek heatsink protector grid, its discreet side bumpers and its trapezoid camera covers, offers a unique visual impact,” added Marco St-Pierre, DVP Innovation 3D Scanners. “Subtle but significant finishing touches, like the textured handle and soft touch mat black paint, that offer anti slip features, ensure enduring aesthetics.”

Each year, the Red Dot Jury is comprised of 40 international experts who test, discuss and evaluate each entry live and on site. Entrants are judged on several criteria, including degree of innovation, functionality, formal quality and ergonomics.

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About FARO CREAFORM
With headquarters in Lévis, Québec, Canada and Lake Mary, Florida, USA, FARO CREAFORM is the result of the combination of FARO’s renowned 3D Measurement business segment and Creaform’s innovative metrology solutions. With roots dating back to 1981, FARO has been a global leader in portable measurement arms, laser trackers, and reality capture technologies. Creaform, founded in 2002 in Lévis, Québec, has revolutionized handheld 3D scanning and automated inspection, serving thousands of professionals in automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, and research. Together, FARO CREAFORM empowers quality, production, maintenance and design teams to work faster, smarter, and with total confidence, unlocking better outcomes and superior experiences across manufacturing workflows. FARO CREAFORM is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.5 billion.
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FARO CREAFORM’s HandySCAN 3D EVO Series Wins Red Dot Award for Product Design

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A New Era Unfolds: FARO and Creaform Combine to Form Two New Business Units

janvier 13, 2026

3D measurement

Purpose‑built for customers: FARO CREAFORM, turning portable and automated dimensional measurement into strategic advantage for manufacturers, and FARO INSIGHT, transforming captured reality into trusted insight for construction, public safety, and geospatial professionals.

Lévis, Québec, Canada, January 13, 2026 — FARO Technologies and Creaform, businesses of AMETEK, Inc., are announcing a major new chapter in their evolutions which will reframe how industries approach metrology and reality capture. As of today, FARO’s 3D Measurement business segment combines with Creaform, giving rise to FARO CREAFORM, a business unit delivering rigorous dimensional measurement solutions providing practical certainty so manufacturing and maintenance teams can act decisively. In parallel, FARO’s reality capture business segment will become FARO INSIGHT, a business unit that will focus on delivering world-class reality capture solutions transforming the physical world into actionable insights that teams can trust. By design, this reorganization is intended to deliver greater value to customers, accelerate innovation, and create synergies that support growth and long‑term growth.

Under the leadership of Fanny Truchon, FARO CREAFORM aims to make metrology more mobile, usable, and transformative, giving manufacturers better outcomes, a superior experience and a single point of contact for the complete portfolio. Led by Dietmar Wennemer alongside Virtek Vision, FARO INSIGHT will deliver a reality‑capture ecosystem that moves teams from field data to impact, enabling seamless capture, pointcloud conversion, and data management and sharing for digital‑twin workflows across AEC&O, public safety, and geospatial.

“FARO CREAFORM is more than a consolidation. By combining the strength of two leaders, we’re opening possibilities that will empower industries to move from hindsight to foresight. FARO CREAFORM aims to become the undisputed leader in portable metrology”, explained Fanny Truchon, Business Unit Manager of FARO CREAFORM.

“FARO INSIGHT’s approach is simple: we want to digitize the world. Our hardware and software solutions reduce ambiguity to help track building progress, document changes, digitize crime scenes, structures, mines, forests, and landscapes to provide insights customers can build on”, added Dietmar Wennemer, Business Unit Manager at FARO INSIGHT and Virtek Vision.

Building on FARO’s more than 40 years of leadership in 3D measurement and reality capture and Creaform’s handheld metrology innovation since 2002, this next phase introduces a unified structure designed to ensure continuity, provide clear, timely information, and maintain the trust customers and partners expect.

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About FARO CREAFORM
With headquarters in Lévis, Québec, Canada and Lake Mary, Florida, USA, FARO CREAFORM is the result of the combination of FARO’s renowned 3D Measurement business segment and Creaform’s innovative metrology solutions. With roots dating back to 1981, FARO has been a global leader in portable measurement arms, laser trackers, and reality capture technologies. Creaform, founded in 2002 in Lévis, Québec, has revolutionized handheld 3D scanning and automated inspection, serving thousands of professionals in automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, and research. Together, FARO CREAFORM empowers quality, production, maintenance and design teams to work faster, smarter, and with total confidence, unlocking better outcomes and superior experiences across manufacturing workflows. FARO CREAFORM is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.5 billion.
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About FARO INSIGHT
Headquartered in Korntal, Germany, FARO INSIGHT builds on FARO’s legacy in digital reality, offering advanced solutions for reality capture, laser projection, and vision systems. FARO, established in 1981, has been at the forefront of 3D laser scanning and reality capture for architecture, engineering, construction, and public safety. FARO INSIGHT enables teams to capture, understand, and share reality data with confidence, supporting decision-making in construction, geospatial, and investigative fields. FARO INSIGHT is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.5 billion.
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Creaform Unveils the CUBE-R® M Series™: Elevating Automated Dimensional Inspection Through Modularity and Tailored Options

novembre 20, 2025

3D measurement

Featuring three new models and almost unlimited configurations, the M Series 3D scanner on robot turnkey cells provides an advanced solution tailored to meet the specific requirements and challenges of each customer, supporting manufacturers in their pursuit of 100% inspection and zero-defect deliveries.

Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, November 11, 2025—Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, announced today the next evolution in automated quality control for at-line inspection in mass production: the CUBE-R M Series. This innovative modular solution leverages the power of the MetraSCAN 3D-R scanner in an automated 3D measurement cell and offers three standard configurations to accommodate different part sizes. A wide range of options ensure easy integration into any production environment, enabling more inspections with fewer resources and lower costs.

Unlike one-size-fits-all solutions, this turnkey high-productivity industrial measuring cell adapts to any shop floor and any requirements, and not the other way around. The M2™ inspects parts up to 2 m in length, the M3™ handles parts up to 3 m and the M4™ supports parts up to 4 m, offering significant flexibility in footprint, payload, and part size. Built with modularity in mind, these solutions are future-proof: the wealth of configuration and option choices, as well as Creaform’s ongoing innovation, ensures factories remain agile and ready to evolve. Bringing quality control and inspection ever closer to production, the CUBE-R delivers continuous measurements and uncompromising accuracy, even in vibrating environments and on difficult surfaces, by leveraging hardware-software synergy for smart offline programming, high-frame-rate full-field 3D data, and rapid cycle times through parallel processing. The results: increased productivity, enhanced product quality, and reduced operational costs.

The M Series offers a range of configurable options designed to enhance integration and operational efficiency for diverse manufacturing environments:

Metrology-grade 3D scanning capability: The MetraSCAN-R BLACK+™|Elite HD uses its 69 blue laser lines to deliver an accuracy of 0.025 mm (0.0009 in), 3,000,000 measurements/s and an impressive measurement resolution of 0.015 mm (0.0006 in). These measurements are validated through acceptance tests compliant with the VDI/VDE 2634 Part 3 and ISO 10360 standards and carried out in ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited laboratories.
Productivity Kit: Elevating the overall equipment effectiveness, this kit enables uninterrupted scanning workflows by parallelizing inspection and processing activities, eliminating downtime associated with data processing.
Removable Mounting Plates: This forklift-compatible kit offers optional pallets so parts and jigs can be preloaded outside the measuring cell, for quick part swaps and minimal downtime.
Virtek Iris™ 3D positioning system: Leveraging Virtek’s powerful solutions, this kit uses projected laser-guided patterns for precise alignment and accurate parts and jigs positioning, reducing setup errors and boosting processing speed.
Secure Remote Access Kit: This kit includes connectivity tools that enable Creaform’s technical support team to remotely troubleshoot the CUBE-R, accelerating issue resolution and reducing support downtime.
Dedicated sheet metal solution: Combining the specialized Sheet Metal Add-on in the Inspection module and the MetraSCAN 3D-R HD, this kit delivers the most accurate and repeatable 3D sheet metal measurements available.
Automation module: The digital twin environment module of Creaform Metrology Suite prioritizes ease of use and performance so that all operators, regardless of expertise, can confidently program and operate robotic systems.

“We believe quality control should drive production, not slow it down,” says Mathieu Desmarais, Product Manager at Creaform. “With the M-Series’ modular design, manufacturers benefit from turnkey yet tailored solutions that scale with their needs, maximizing throughput, system uptime, and accelerating the journey toward 100% inspection and zero defects, while staying future-proof for evolving manufacturing needs.”

Creaform Unveils the CUBE-R® M Series™: Elevating Automated Dimensional Inspection Through Modularity and Tailored Options

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Creaform Announces the Addition of the HandySCAN 3D|PRO Series™ to its Flagship Handheld 3D Scanner Product Line.

octobre 29, 2025

Metrology

The PRO Series complete 3D scanning solution is designed to simplify reverse engineering and product design workflows, all while delivering the best price to performance ratio on the market.

Lévis, Québec, October 28, 2025—Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, announced today the latest addition to its trusted HandySCAN 3D™ line-up of 3D scanners, the PRO Series. A fully integrated hardware and software solution, this new series leverages quick and high-resolution data acquisition capabilities through its scanner, as well as the power of the Scan-to-CAD Pro software module to provide the fastest time from data acquisition to 3D models, optimizing reverse engineering and product development workflows.

Creaform pioneered the handheld, self-positioning 3D laser scanning category over two decades ago with the HandySCAN 3D, establishing its reputation for accuracy, versatility, and efficiency across all industries, and continues this legacy with the HandySCAN 3D|PRO Series. This latest innovation offers a more powerful, accessible, and reliable solution to measure complex shapes to greatly reduce time-to-market, and lower development costs for SME. Manufactured in North America and backed by global, multilingual service teams, the PRO Series is built for the professionals who need to develop products that are more suited to customer needs, faster, more accurately,

The HandySCAN 3D|PRO Series, bundled with Scan-to-CAD Pro, combines advanced technology with user-friendly design to optimize product development processes and deliver reliable results. Below are the standout features that make it a preferred choice for professionals across industries, when looking for the fastest path to reverse engineering.

High Accuracy & Resolution: Features 23 blue laser lines for detailed, high-quality scans, capable of handling complex shapes and difficult surfaces with a proven and trusted accuracy of 0.030 mm, ensuring rapid 3D data acquisition.
Value for money: With a hardware and software combo starting at US$24,990, this professional portable 3D scanner provides a rapid return on investment (ROI) due to its versatility and time-saving features.
Integrated software: Includes the intuitive Scan-to-CAD Pro software module, optimized for 3D scan data and ideal for reverse engineering and product development, providing the fastest time from scans to CAD, through a versatile toolbox including powerful mesh extraction, sketching and modeling tools.
Simplicity: This integrated solution is designed to enhance user experience, allowing individuals to operate it effortlessly through its intuitive multi-function LCD touchscreen and haptic feedback via vibration.
Time savings: Enables a significant reduction in iterations within the product design and development cycle for increased efficiency, thereby decreasing product development time, accelerating time-to-market and empowering quicker revenue generation.
Versatility: Capable of measuring and analyzing any component, it can be used to design new parts, adapt or maintain old parts, create 3D models, look for innovative ways to surpass competition, support sales in business development, and better manage deadlines.

“Reinventing the future of industrial metrology since 2005, the new PRO Series is poised to become the preferred solution for rapid product development and reverse engineering, further solidifying the HandySCAN 3D lineup as an industry benchmark,” explains Pierre-Luc Delagrave, Product Manager at Creaform, before adding that “with its smart price, it offers the best tool to quickly transform concepts to reality, from design to manufacturing, ensuring a perfect fit on the first try, every time.”

About Creaform
Boasting two decades of experience shaping the future of dimensional metrology, Creaform assists their customers achieve their measurement ambitions through cutting-edge 3D solutions. With its extensive hardware and software portfolio, Creaform enables its users to experience innovation firsthand through 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and MRO. Thousands of professionals in various industries, like automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, heavy industries, oil and gas, power generation, consumer products, research and education, have discovered that with Creaform, Innovation Takes Form.

Headquartered in Lévis, Québec, Creaform is present in more than 85 countries, through its 26 locations all around the world and a network of over a hundred distributors. A presence that enables the company to build relations and provide unmatched customer service. Creaform is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.0 billion.

Creaform Announces the Addition of the HandySCAN 3D|PRO Series™ to its Flagship Handheld 3D Scanner Product Line.

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HandySCAN 3D|EVO Series™ Launch: Creaform Redefines Industrial 3D Laser Scanning

octobre 21, 2025

Metrology

20 Years After Creating the Metrology-Grade Handheld 3D Laser Scanner Category, Creaform Redefines Industry Standards with the Debut of the HandySCAN 3D|EVO Series™

Certified based on ISO 10360 and manufactured in an ISO 17025 certified laboratory, the new HandySCAN EVO|Elite™ is the most advanced industrial scanner on the market, with unparalleled metrology-grade accuracy and provides an unmatched user experience on an evolving platform.

Lévis, Québec, October 21, 2025—Creaform, a business of AMETEK, Inc. and worldwide provider of automated and portable 3D measurement solutions, announced today the launch of the HandySCAN 3D|EVO Series™, the most powerful handheld 3D laser scanning solution on the market. This innovative series features a built-in touchscreen display and an integrated photo camera, incorporating augmented reality (AR) and advanced on-scanner visualization to significantly enhance the user experience.

Creaform developed portable 3D scanning over 20 years ago with the original HandySCAN 3D, setting a benchmark in dimensional metrology. Trusted to solve the most complex dimensional measurement challenges by several thousands of demanding customers across industries such as automotive, manufacturing, metalworking, and heavy equipment, for product development and quality control applications, the HandySCAN 3D brand has always been synonym of metrology-grade accuracy, intuitive operation, versatility, and fastest time to CAD or inspection reports.

Creaform continues its legacy with this next evolution in the HandySCAN 3D lineup. Showcasing all of Creaform's flagship scanner qualities, such as proven reliability, portability, and unmatched accredited accuracy, the EVO Series introduces an array of innovative features designed to enhance user experience and efficiency, like wireless capabilities through the Mobility Kit, embedded GUI, and built-in display for direct validation and real-time operator guidance. Like all Creaform scanners, this series is made in Canada, is supported by Creaform Metrology Suite and comes with proficient, multilingual customer support to meet the needs of professionals worldwide.

The HandySCAN EVO|Elite™ delivers a host of cutting-edge features, each designed to provide tangible benefits, enhancing precision, efficiency, and ease of use for professionals in demanding 3D scanning applications:

Real-time visualization, quick access to parameters, and processing options directly on the scanner’s 4.3-inch touch screen display, eliminating the back and forth to the computer.
Augmented reality capabilities and straightforward documentation of the inspection process through photography, enabled by the addition of a high-resolution 12 MP camera.
Easy onboarding and essential tools at your fingertips, including 3D manipulation (mesh) and advanced scanning features such as high-resolution mode and clipping options, supported by the scanner’s integrated and user-friendly GUI.
Streamlined repetitive inspections and enhanced quality control processes enabled by the new auto-alignment feature.
An accuracy of 0.020 mm and a volumetric accuracy of 0.020 mm + 0.015 mm/m powered by 46 blue laser lines (+1 extra line).
The most accurate 3D measurements wherever you need them through the use of a 350 mm scale bar.

"As we unveil this innovative lineup, we're not just introducing a product; we're transforming how professionals across industries approach 3D measurement precision and efficiency,” said Fanny Truchon, President of Creaform. "A technology that keeps evolving over time, it again demonstrates that Creaform has been reinventing the future of industrial metrology since 2005."

About Creaform
Boasting two decades of experience shaping the future of dimensional metrology, Creaform assists their customers achieve their measurement ambitions through cutting-edge 3D solutions. With its extensive hardware and software portfolio, Creaform enables its users to experience innovation firsthand through 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and MRO. Thousands of professionals in various industries, like automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, heavy industries, oil and gas, power generation, consumer products, research and education, have discovered that with Creaform, Innovation Takes Form.

Headquartered in Lévis, Québec, Creaform is present in more than 85 countries, through its 26 locations all around the world and a network of over a hundred distributors. A presence that enables the company to build relations and provide unmatched customer service. Creaform is a business unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales of over $7.0 billion.

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FARO CREAFORM’s HandySCAN 3D EVO Series Wins Red Dot Award for Product Design

A New Era Unfolds: FARO and Creaform Combine to Form Two New Business Units

Creaform Unveils the CUBE-R® M Series™: Elevating Automated Dimensional Inspection Through Modularity and Tailored Options

Creaform Announces the Addition of the HandySCAN 3D|PRO Series™ to its Flagship Handheld 3D Scanner Product Line.

HandySCAN 3D|EVO Series™ Launch: Creaform Redefines Industrial 3D Laser Scanning