The Genesis of a Laser Scanner
Dr. Bernd Becker, CEO of iQvolution, came to the laser scanner business after 23 years working in factory and process simulation. Looking at his customer base and talking to companies, he realized customers
– particularly automotive companies
- wanted a faster way to bring reality to computers.
So, after selling their simulation business to Tecnomatix (which was just last year bought by UGS), he and his brother Reinhard made a big gamble. In 1999, Audi wanted to capture a whole factory in 3D. They had been given a price of $40 million for the job, so Dr. Becker told them his new company would do it for $6.6 million. iQvolution started with a third of the site, then scanned the entire A4 assembly plant.
