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Hexagon agrees to acquire Septentrio for assured positioning portfolio

Jan 7, 2025 · Acquisition · Septentrio · Localization

  • Hexagon announced an agreement to acquire Septentrio, a GNSS technology provider for autonomy and mission-critical applications.
  • The acquisition was framed around expanding resilient assured positioning solutions.
  • Septentrio's SWaP-optimized GNSS technology was positioned as complementary to Hexagon's existing autonomy portfolio.

Septentrio designs and manufactures high-precision GNSS receivers, modules, boards, housed receivers, and GNSS/INS systems for demanding positioning applications. Its products are used in robotics, UAVs, autonomous vehicles, agriculture, dredging, mapping, and other machine-control environments where reliable centimetre-level positioning matters.

Company
Septentrio
Segment
Localization
Event type
Acquisition
Geography
Leuven · Belgium