Still leading the way, we continued to develop new products which still dominate the inspection industry today. None more so than the Form Talysurf which, for the first time, allowed metrologists to measure surface texture, form and dimensional relationships with a single traverse of the measuring instrument.

1984 - Introduction of the Form Talysurf

1989 - The Nanostep is launched and now surface measurement can be made to nanometric accuracies

1992 - Queen's Award for Technological Innovation for the Form Talysurf Series

1992 -Talyrond 30 Workshop Roundness Product New Cooke range of lenses

1993 - Form Talysurf Plus launched Technical Centres opened in Germany, Japan and USA Centenary of Cooke Lenses

1995 - Talyscan 3D scanner

1996 - The Revolutionary Form Talysurf Series PGI - Phase Grating Interferometer - gauge is developed
Schroder Ventures acquire Taylor Hobson from The Rank Organisation