FocalSpec has received funding of €3.5 million.

FocalSpec, an Oulu, Finland-based company which specialises in roughness measurement, has received funding of €3.5 million for development work and to grow the business.

The backers include VTT Ventures, Nordic Option, Veritas Pension Insurance, and a group of private investors from Finland and China. Funding allows for scalability of operations and international growth of the company, as well as increased production in Oulu.

FocalSpec, founded in 2009 and led by president Sauli Törmälä, is a privately-owned company based in Oulu, Finland. The company has successfully challenged laser’s position with its proprietary Line Confocal Imaging (LCI) technology, which is both more accurate and versatile than a laser in 3D measurement.

With LCI technology, which is capable of detecting differences down to one micron and measuring 2048 points at a time, product lines can scan the most demanding surfaces and contours all the way to multi-layer, transparent surfaces. This is why LCI technology is more versatile than laser in manufacturing processes.

The company’s current customers include global corporations in consumer and mobile electronics, as well as the plastic and pharmaceutical industries, where the ability to measure all surfaces with ever greater accuracy is more important than ever before.