Digital reality solutions provider Hexagon has acquired Xwatch Safety Solutions and its machine control hardware and software technologies. The Xwatch solution portfolio is designed to improve safety protocols on construction sites, including height control, slew control, and rated capacity indication (RCI) for heavy machinery. This allows operators to limit an excavator’s height and set side boundaries to define a working zone to increase safety around a machine.

Hexagon’s Geosystem division had previsously worked with Xwatch to develop the 3D Avoidance Zone system, which is now integrated with the company’s digital construction product suite. Xwatch’s 17 employees, who are mainly in the UK, will be fully consolidated in Hexagon.

“Safety is an increasing focus for our construction customers,” said Paolo Guglielmini, president and CEO, Hexagon. “Technologies like Xwatch’s solutions are already mandatory in public contracts within the UK, and we see this trend extending further in future. The team at Xwatch have developed an impressive array of OEM agnostic solutions which address a real customer need and fit seamlessly into our digital construction product portfolio.”

Hexagon’s digital reality solutions combine sensor, software, and autonomous technologies with the goal to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications