{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"62014","rtpr_id":"nWkr6FcmVx","ticker":"HEXAB","exchange":"Nasdaq Stockholm","all_tickers":["HEXAB"],"title":"Hexagon acquires ITRES to strengthen its capabilities in advanced airborne mapping","author":"Cision","published_at":"2026-06-12T06:00:03.104Z","article_body":"Hexagon\nStockholm, Sweden – 12 June 2026 – Hexagon AB has acquired ITRES Research\nLimited (“ITRES”), a Calgary-based provider of high-performance airborne\nhyperspectral and thermal imaging systems, strengthening Hexagon’s ability\nto deliver richer multi-sensor geospatial data for advanced airborne mapping\nand analysis.\n\nThe acquisition brings together two complementary portfolios under one\nprovider. Hexagon contributes a market-leading suite of airborne sensing and\nprocessing products for geodata development – including LiDAR point clouds,\nhigh-resolution optical imagery, digital twins, and integrated workflow\nsoftware, flight planning tools and data delivery systems. ITRES adds\nhigh-performance hyperspectral and thermal imaging sensors that operate across\na wide spectrum of wavelengths, enabling precise material identification and\ntemperature analysis that existing visible and near-infrared modalities cannot\ndeliver alone.\n\nTogether, these capabilities allow customers to collect richer, more\nanalytically powerful datasets from a single airborne survey. Fusing\nmultispectral and thermal data with LiDAR and optical imagery opens new\npossibilities for ground surface assessment, object classification and thermal\nproperty detection, while Hexagon's proven software ecosystem helps teams\nprocess and act on that data faster. The result is a more complete\nmulti-sensor mapping platform – and new opportunities for hybrid information\ncollection and data fusion that were previously only possible by combining\nsolutions from multiple vendors.\n\n“Geospatial professionals are looking to extract deeper insight from each\nairborne survey”, said Anders Svensson, President and CEO of Hexagon. “By\nintegrating hyperspectral and thermal sensing into our portfolio, we further\nexpand the range of information that can be captured and analysed. Combining\ncomplementary sensing technologies helps geospatial professionals improve\nclassification accuracy, better distinguish materials, and derive more\nreliable thermal insights, supporting more advanced and specialised\napplications”.\n\nBy adding hyperspectral and thermal imaging capabilities to the airborne\nworkflow, customers can gain deeper insight from airborne surveys for\nenvironmental applications (such as urban heat mapping, water quality\nmonitoring, wetlands, minerals and geology and forestry mapping) as well as\ndisaster response applications (including locating active fire hotspots,\nidentifying people or objects through heat detection, and rapidly providing\nresponders with georeferenced thermal imagery).\n\n“We welcome the ITRES team and its exceptional capabilities within airborne\nhyperspectral and thermal imaging to the Infrastructure & Geospatial Business\nArea. From a technology perspective, the portfolios of Hexagon and ITRES are\nhighly complementary, enabling us to meet our customers’ full range of needs\nin advanced airborne mapping”, said Henning Sandfort, President of the\nInfrastructure & Geospatial Business Area.\n\nITRES will be reported within Hexagon's Infrastructure & Geospatial (formerly\nGeosystems) Business Area, within the Scanning & Mapping Division, and is\nexpected to generate revenues of around 13 MEUR in 2026, accretive to net\nprofits from day of completion and with margin initially slightly below the\nInfrastructure & Geospatial Business Area average.\n\nFor further information, please contact: \nTom Hull, Head of Investor Relations, Hexagon AB, +44 7442 678 437,\nir@hexagon.com \n\nAbout Hexagon (https://hexagon.com/):\nHexagon is the global leader in measurement technologies. Our precision\nmeasurement, positioning, and autonomous solutions transform the world’s\nmost vital industries. From aerospace & defence, automotive, construction,\ngeneral manufacturing, to mining and more, we provide the confidence that\ncustomers rely on to build, navigate, and innovate. \n\nHexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 17,000 employees in 50\ncountries and net sales of approximately 3.7bn EUR.\n\nLearn more at hexagon.com. Learn more at hexagon.com (https://hexagon.com/).\n\nhttps://news.cision.com/hexagon/r/hexagon-acquires-itres-to-strengthen-its-capabilities-in-advanced-airborne-mapping%2Cc4361838\n\nPress Release (https://mb.cision.com/Main/387/4361838/4148118.pdf)\n\n\n\n(c) Cision 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nWkr6FcmVx","title":"Hexagon acquires ITRES to strengthen its capabilities in advanced airborne mapping","author":"Cision","ticker":"HEXAB","created":"2026-06-12T06:00:03.104Z","tickers":["HEXAB"],"exchange":"Nasdaq Stockholm","article_body":"Hexagon\nStockholm, Sweden – 12 June 2026 – Hexagon AB has acquired ITRES Research\nLimited (“ITRES”), a Calgary-based provider of high-performance airborne\nhyperspectral and thermal imaging systems, strengthening Hexagon’s ability\nto deliver richer multi-sensor geospatial data for advanced airborne mapping\nand analysis.\n\nThe acquisition brings together two complementary portfolios under one\nprovider. Hexagon contributes a market-leading suite of airborne sensing and\nprocessing products for geodata development – including LiDAR point clouds,\nhigh-resolution optical imagery, digital twins, and integrated workflow\nsoftware, flight planning tools and data delivery systems. ITRES adds\nhigh-performance hyperspectral and thermal imaging sensors that operate across\na wide spectrum of wavelengths, enabling precise material identification and\ntemperature analysis that existing visible and near-infrared modalities cannot\ndeliver alone.\n\nTogether, these capabilities allow customers to collect richer, more\nanalytically powerful datasets from a single airborne survey. Fusing\nmultispectral and thermal data with LiDAR and optical imagery opens new\npossibilities for ground surface assessment, object classification and thermal\nproperty detection, while Hexagon's proven software ecosystem helps teams\nprocess and act on that data faster. The result is a more complete\nmulti-sensor mapping platform – and new opportunities for hybrid information\ncollection and data fusion that were previously only possible by combining\nsolutions from multiple vendors.\n\n“Geospatial professionals are looking to extract deeper insight from each\nairborne survey”, said Anders Svensson, President and CEO of Hexagon. “By\nintegrating hyperspectral and thermal sensing into our portfolio, we further\nexpand the range of information that can be captured and analysed. Combining\ncomplementary sensing technologies helps geospatial professionals improve\nclassification accuracy, better distinguish materials, and derive more\nreliable thermal insights, supporting more advanced and specialised\napplications”.\n\nBy adding hyperspectral and thermal imaging capabilities to the airborne\nworkflow, customers can gain deeper insight from airborne surveys for\nenvironmental applications (such as urban heat mapping, water quality\nmonitoring, wetlands, minerals and geology and forestry mapping) as well as\ndisaster response applications (including locating active fire hotspots,\nidentifying people or objects through heat detection, and rapidly providing\nresponders with georeferenced thermal imagery).\n\n“We welcome the ITRES team and its exceptional capabilities within airborne\nhyperspectral and thermal imaging to the Infrastructure & Geospatial Business\nArea. From a technology perspective, the portfolios of Hexagon and ITRES are\nhighly complementary, enabling us to meet our customers’ full range of needs\nin advanced airborne mapping”, said Henning Sandfort, President of the\nInfrastructure & Geospatial Business Area.\n\nITRES will be reported within Hexagon's Infrastructure & Geospatial (formerly\nGeosystems) Business Area, within the Scanning & Mapping Division, and is\nexpected to generate revenues of around 13 MEUR in 2026, accretive to net\nprofits from day of completion and with margin initially slightly below the\nInfrastructure & Geospatial Business Area average.\n\nFor further information, please contact: \nTom Hull, Head of Investor Relations, Hexagon AB, +44 7442 678 437,\nir@hexagon.com \n\nAbout Hexagon (https://hexagon.com/):\nHexagon is the global leader in measurement technologies. Our precision\nmeasurement, positioning, and autonomous solutions transform the world’s\nmost vital industries. From aerospace & defence, automotive, construction,\ngeneral manufacturing, to mining and more, we provide the confidence that\ncustomers rely on to build, navigate, and innovate. \n\nHexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 17,000 employees in 50\ncountries and net sales of approximately 3.7bn EUR.\n\nLearn more at hexagon.com. Learn more at hexagon.com (https://hexagon.com/).\n\nhttps://news.cision.com/hexagon/r/hexagon-acquires-itres-to-strengthen-its-capabilities-in-advanced-airborne-mapping%2Cc4361838\n\nPress Release (https://mb.cision.com/Main/387/4361838/4148118.pdf)\n\n\n\n(c) Cision 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-06-12T06:00:03.195039415Z","server_sent_at_ms":1781244003195},"received_at":"2026-06-12T06:00:03.254Z","source_url":"https://news.cision.com/hexagon/r/hexagon-acquires-itres-to-strengthen-its-capabilities-in-advanced-airborne-mapping%2Cc4361838"},"analysis":{"id":"51438","press_release_id":"62014","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Software","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"m_and_a","narrative":"Hexagon AB has acquired ITRES Research Limited, a Calgary-based provider of airborne hyperspectral and thermal imaging systems.\n\nThe acquisition integrates ITRES’s sensors into Hexagon’s Infrastructure & Geospatial Business Area, creating a more complete multi-sensor mapping platform by fusing thermal/hyperspectral data with existing LiDAR and optical capabilities.\n\nITRES is expected to generate approximately €13 million in revenue in 2026 and is accretive to net profits from the day of completion, though with margins initially slightly below the business area average.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":true,"suggestedAngle":"Hexagon expands airborne mapping suite with ITRES acquisition; accretive from day one."},"keyFigures":{"dealValueUsd":0,"customDimensions":{"filer_employees":17000,"filer_net_sales":"3.7bn EUR","target_revenue_2026":"13 MEUR"}},"quotedText":"By integrating hyperspectral and thermal sensing into our portfolio, we further expand the range of information that can be captured and analysed.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Anders Svensson","role":"President and CEO"},{"name":"Henning Sandfort","role":"President, Infrastructure & Geospatial Business Area"},{"name":"Tom Hull","role":"Head of Investor Relations"}],"products":["LiDAR","hyperspectral imaging","thermal imaging","digital twins"],"companies":[{"name":"Hexagon AB","ticker":"HEXAB","relationship":"acquirer"},{"name":"ITRES Research Limited","relationship":"target"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"13 MEUR","context":"ITRES expected 2026 revenue"},{"amount":"3.7bn EUR","context":"Hexagon net sales"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":3,"reasoning":"Strategic acquisition of a complementary technology provider (ITRES) to expand airborne mapping capabilities. 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