KOTEM, QVI SIGNAL CENTRAL EUROPEAN EXPANSION WITH GROUNDBREAKING IN HUNGARY
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Kotem Technologies, a leading developer of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and fitting software for precision metrology, broke ground on April 12 for a new company headquarters/technical center that will strengthen customer support for Central Europe. The 600 square-meter facility, located in Budaörs, Hungary, 10 kilometers southwest of Budapest, is slated to open in the first quarter of 2008.
Founded in 1991, Kotem Technologies develops software that is widely used on video measuring systems and a broad variety of coordinate measuring machines. Its products include the industry favorite SmartFit® 3D best-fitting and analysis software package.
“Kotem is committed to providing customers globally with solutions for process analysis and troubleshooting in precision manufacturing. This new facility provides room to expand and develop additional software technologies,” says Kotem Technologies president and founder Kostadin Doytchinov.
Kotem Technologies is a Quality Vision International (QVI) company. QVI is the parent company of several prominent companies specializing in non-contact dimensional measurement, with corporate facilities located in the United States, Germany, Singapore, India, and China.
Kotem Technologies and Quality Vision International staff break ground in Budaörs, Hungary for the new Kotem facility. Pictured (L-R) are Teodor Nachev and Tibor Prokai of Kotem, Karl Lenz of OGP Messtechnik GmbH, R. Stephen Flynn of QVI, and Attila Prokai and Dimitar Kirjakov of Kotem.
“As the need for precision dimensional measurement expertise continues to grow throughout the world, this expansion ensures that Kotem Technologies, and QVI, have the space and expertise necessary to satisfy the demands of a rapidly expanding customer base as well as broadening the markets Kotem software can reach,” says R. Stephen Flynn, QVI senior vice president of marketing and sales.
About Kotem Technologies, Inc.
Kotem Technologies is based in Budaörs, Hungary. Kotem products are marketed internationally under the OGP brand name. The company can be reached at +36 (23) 444-002, by e-mail at info@kotem.com, or online at www.kotem.com.
About Quality Vision International, Inc.
Quality Vision International, Inc. is based in Rochester, NY. The company can be reached at 585-544-0450, by e-mail at info@qvii.com, or online at www.qvii.com.
Rendering of the Kotem headquarters/technical center, slated to open in Q1 of 2008.
