There are more than six sides to the Hexagon Group. Founded in 1992, Hexagon's network of 45 subsidiaries provide products for measuring -- everything from the length of a microchip to the height of a mountain. Its Measurement Technologies unit, which accounts for 97% of sales, supplies, 1-, 2-, and 3-D measuring tools and systems for applications in construction, manufacturing, and surveying, and other fields. Hexagon's sells its software and hardware for nano, micro, and macroscale applications in more than 160 countries. It maintains R&D operations in more than 45 countries. Hexagon chairman Melker Schörling controls almost 50% of the company's voting rights.