Empowering anautonomous,
sustainable future
Hexagon corporate brochureA note from Hexagon’s
President and CEO
The world faces a simple but daunting task: How can we collectively
build a future that delivers growth, prosperity and sustainability?
This is the urgent conundrum of our time, that our customers –whether leaders in industry or government – are looking to solve.
For decades, growth and sustainability have been consideredmutually exclusive, a zero-sum game with no clear winner. Yet, weare all beneficiaries of the innovations and ideas that have helped
bring about astonishing improvements in people’s lives over the
past century. Nobody wants to go backwards.
The world is playing catch-up in the race to achieve the UN’s
Sustainable Developments Goals, and by most accounts we areimpossibly behind. We need more food, clean water, shelter,
infrastructure, reliable and affordable energy, mobility and jobs.
And in free-market economies around the world, capital markets
will continue to measure the value of companies, and shareholders
will expect growing profits.
The true path to sustainability must not abandon the progress andgrowth brought about by industry and innovation.
The only way to achieve what we haven’t yet is to have industry at
the table with the freedom to make a change.

Paolo Guglielmini
Hexagon President and CEO

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Meet Hexagon

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Breaking industry free from inertia

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Shaping innovation

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Ecosystems served

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Architects of a new reality

Meet
Hexagon
Empowering an autonomous,
sustainable future
Hexagon is a global technology innovation leader, delivering
digital reality solutions to make factories, farms and mines moreproductive; cities and nations safer; industrial facilities more
efficient; and construction projects more profitable.
Our sensor, software and autonomous technologies freecustomers to navigate the “internet of things” data deluge that’s
essentially been holding industry back from profitable, scalable,
sustainable growth. Our solutions create value by enablingcustomers to actually use all this data – to put it to work in new,world-changing ways.
With Hexagon, customers are creating tens of thousands of jobs,
fueling the growth of entire economies, improving the safety
and resiliency of the world’s infrastructure and safeguarding
populations while accelerating access to safe, renewable energy.

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HexagonDelivering a better world
without sacrifice
At our very core is a powerful vision that balances the needs ofbusiness with that of humanity – where data is fully leveraged tofree industry and humanity to thrive and scale sustainably.
We believe in a future where economic growth does not comeat the expense of the planet and people.
We believe industry can be the answer to the world’s
sustainability challenges by harnessing the potential of digital
reality technologies, data and automation.
We believe in driving innovations that free industry to
optimise efficiency, productivity, quality, and safety at
scale – the antidotes to waste, pollution, cost, diminishingmargins and risk.
We believe in doing good by doing well – where the shift toward
a more sustainable future is both prosperous and profitable.

Metrics that matter
We operate at scale, with revenue of over €5.4bn and more than
24,500 employees across 50 countries.
We prioritise innovation, allocating 15% of our revenue and morethan 6,500 employees to R&D.
We drive sustainable progress, operating within nine
ecosystems and 27+ industries.

We find ourselves at a point
in history where we must do
something that was never before
possible: to achieve and sustain
economic growth, prosperity, andsafety while we reverse the courseof overconsumption, inefficiency
and waste.
Paolo Guglielmini
Hexagon President and CEO

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Helped construct:

Around theworld, ourtechnology...
Is used in:

Burj Khalifa
the tallest building

95%

75%

90%

of all car
manufacturingof allsmartphonesof allairplanes

Gotthard
Base Tunnel

SultanSelim Bridge

the longest railway
tunnelone of the widest
suspension bridges

Has delivered more safe, reliable autonomous driving
research vehicles than any other company

Protects over1 billion people
Drives efficiency for more than half of alloil, gas and chemicals
processed

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HexagonIs working to lower nearly one-quarter ofgreenhouse gases fromagriculture, forestry andland use

Breakingindustry
free frominertia

The rich opportunities for the
post-CO2 Generation
For decades, industry rode a steep growth curve, fuelled byinnovation and cheap fossil fuels. Today, we’re experiencing theconsequences of that approach – business-as-usual has led torampant waste and catastrophic environmental impacts. Hexagon
is leading a new hypergrowth curve to address the fundamental
sustainability challenges of our day: enabling data-driven,autonomous enterprises that transform the CO2 Generation to
the Sustainable Generation.

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HexagonThe CO2 Generation
CO2 emissions have nearly doubled in the past
30 years. While the pace of year-on-year growth
has slowed, significant declines have not been
seen. We’re on the way to cementing our legacy
as the CO2 Generation – the one that polluted anddestroyed our planet without regard for the future.
Global temperatures are expected to reach thecritical threshold of 1.5⁰C above pre-industrial
levels between 2030 and 2050. The case forindustry to invest in systemic, sustainablechange is only getting clearer while the cost ofunsustainable industry practices continues to rise.
Where some may see insurmountable obstacles,
we see opportunities to drive global prosperity
that is both profitable and planet-saving.
It’s time for the CO2 Generation to breakaway from the inertia, from its dependencies
and flawed practices. It’s time to make theleap to sustainability at scale, becoming the
Sustainability Generation. The only way to ensure
this outcome is to have industry at the table,
armed with the tools that hold back waste anddepletion, not progress and growth.

The superpower ofautonomy
The shift to a more sustainable future is not aneasy one but it’s certainly swifter and simpler
with autonomy. Autonomy has the power todeliver financial benefits that yield both bottomline and top-line returns. Not only can it mimic
human activity but can also achieve far morethan any of us – with certainty and predictably –in much less time.
While speed is important to creating systemic,
sustainable change, industry’s most powerfulasset is data. 2.5 quintillion bytes of it are
generated daily. Not surprisingly, it’s grossly
underleveraged. The sheer amount outruns ourability to mindfully process and use it. Even whenleveraged, every decision or action we take isprone to human error.
Like human activities, data can be automated– from its creation or collection to its analysis
and leverage. Quality, completeness andaccessibility are already critical to data-driven
decision-making. But advanced automation
technologies like artificial intelligence add theability to off-load real-time decision-making fromhumans to algorithms.
The more industry can enable action
independent of human intervention, the closer
we get to a fully sustainable economy.

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Shaping
innovation
Making the impossible
possible: profitablesustainability at scale
Tech companies play an active role in helping achieve net-zeroemissions and other sustainability initiatives. While innovation
has enabled industry to drive digital transformation, in the coming
years we must deliver beyond the balance sheet to create value
and sustainability at scale.

Key challenges facing industry
Digitalisation
As the amount of data becomes increasingly vast, industries areunder pressure to modernise processes to support the growing
reliance on technology and digital platforms.
The war for talentCompanies must attract and retain top talent – especially in thetechnology, engineering and data analysis fields – and upskill theirworkforce to avoid large gaps in vital future skills.
Customer expectations
Industries must improve manufacturing processes, implement
quality control measures, and invest in research and development
to create better-quality products.
Sustainability
From reducing emissions to conserving resources and using
renewable energy sources, companies that fail to prioritisesustainability will face negative consumer sentiment andregulatory action.

Freeing industry from constraints withdigital realities​
Digital transformation
Digital realities provide opportunities to digitalise
processes, workflows and operations – connecting workers
across entire ecosystems.
Data leverage
Digital realities provide opportunities to further leverage data tocreate automated processes – driving insights with the help of AI,
machine learning and robotics.
Assuring quality, productivity and safety
Digital realities enable any industry to design and maintain assets
for improved quality, productivity and safety.
Empowering sustainability
Digital realities enable sustainable practices through fewer inputs,
less waste and less pollution.

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HexagonThe core competencies that matter
What matters most to compete in today’s
world? Growth and profitability? Efficiency?
Productivity? Quality? Safety? Digitaltransformation? What about sustainability?
Thanks to advances in digital reality
technologies, achieving these priorities
equally is no longer insurmountable.

While there’s no silver bullet – no standalone
solution that can deliver the world-changing
outcomes industry so urgently needs – there
exists a historic opportunity for our customers
to accelerate a profitable shift toward a moresustainable future.
Hexagon’s innovation strategy is built on its
established leadership in each of the coretechnologies critical to realising the fullpotential of data.

Reality capture

Positioning

Autonomous technologies

Design and simulation

Location intelligence

Digital capture of the physical world is thebasic building block of a “digital reality”
or twin. This includes documenting andpreserving an exact truth about what’s
happened or happening; it means measuring
and recording with perfect accuracy andprecision; and it’s the ability to see, monitor,
recognise and understand both contextuallyand dimensionally in 3D.

The need for accurate position information
is essential for tracking and controlling the
movement or mobility of assets and people.
Additionally, achieving full autonomy isn’t
possible without positioning and othercomplementary technologies working
together – finely-tuned and seamlessly – tomake autonomy a reality.

Enriching automated systems with sensors,
artificial intelligence (AI) and analyticalcapabilities enables systems to function andexecute tasks without human control.

Design and simulation technologies help solve
real-world problems safely and efficiently –enabling the digital creation and explorationof what could be. The ability to model andsimulate millions of real-world scenariosmeans we can predict failure and successbefore they occur.

Complete line of sight to dynamic situations– at any time and from any location – isindispensable to decision-making for all
mission-critical applications. The ability
to instantly gain insight from complex
data relationships leads to big-picture
understanding and proactive problem-solving.

Plant design software: Next-generation,
data-centric, rule-driven solutions tostreamline engineering design processes
while preserving existing data and making it
more usable/reusable.

Comprehensive portfolio of situationalawareness technologies: Spanning a myriadof industries and applications, intelligence ofwhat’s happening now to help identify issues
before negative consequences emerge.

Sensor-software systems: Purposely
integrated hardware, software and robotics
bring autonomous agility and speed to any
reality capture workflow.
Extensive, ubiquitous portfolio: Industrial,
terrestrial, airborne, handheld and robotic.
Pervasive, broad application: Proven value
and ease of use in wide-ranging applications –from manufacturing, surveying andconstruction to safety and security, industrial
facility operations, forensic investigation,
historic preservation, real estate, media andentertainment and more.

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HexagonAssured PNT (position, navigation andtiming) for any industry: Receivers, IMUs,
anti-jam antennas and correction services.

Pervasive, broad application: Software thatlearns and self-improves, often coupled withsemi-autonomous or autonomous machines.

Engineering design software: 2D drafting, 3D
modelling, mechanical design and BIM.
Extensive portfolio of planning andsimulation technologies: Creation of realworld scenarios in virtual settings – frommanufacturing processes and scenarios for
emergency incident planning and response
to construction project performance andautonomous driving simulations.

Beyond the digital
twin: the Smart Digital
Reality™

Capture and transfer

Visualize and analyse

Reality capture

Design and simulation

The sum of Hexagon’s core technology competencies
frees customers to use data to its greatest potential,
where they can create and maintain a digital reality thatevolves with change – the Smart Digital Reality.
Like digital twins, digital realities are built to represent
anything – from human organs to entire cities. They
have proved invaluable in reinventing industry, with
infinite application. But they can be limited by theaccessibility, accuracy, integrity and completeness ofthe data that informs them – the same data that users
rely on to improve the real word. Moreover, they can
become obsolete and unusable as quickly as the speedof change of whatever they represent.

Autonomous mobility

Smart Digital Realities
go far beyond digital
twins:
A data-rich, real-time feedback loop
Continuously informed with physical- and digitalworld data inputs in real-time, Smart Digital Realties
ensure complete line of sight to ever-changing
situations, providing the insight needed to be proactive,
preventative and even predictive.

Positioning

Location intelligence

Physical activities

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HexagonDefine actions

A single source of truth
When all data is available live, in context and in one
place, real-world changes can be immediately reflectedin digital counterparts. And vice-versa, simulations
or learnings in the digital space can be actioned
immediately in the physical world.
A workflow-driven, autonomous decision toolServing up the right data in the right place at the righttime enables resilient teams and workflows while
technologies like machine learning and AI interpretthe mammoth flow of data to automate workflows,decisions and actions that reduce and even eliminate
the need for human intervention.

Foundational platforms
Xalt (foundational technology platform)
Accelerates the ability to extract the full potential ofdata within (or across) any Hexagon business solution.
HxDR (foundational digital reality platform)
Transforms the way customers work with, share, andperceive 3D spatial data.

Industry-specificplatforms
HxGN Connect (public sector-specific)
Breaks down stakeholder barriers, enabling citywide
collaboration to power crime, incident and operations
centers for optimum management of ad-hoc, routine
and emergency situations.
HxGN SDx (industrial facility-specific)
Provides universal access to trustworthy engineering
data and documentation

Platforms: The fast track
to Smart Digital Realities
Smart Digital Realities are revolutionary, but howeasy are they to implement? Solutions andstakeholders must be linked if they are to sharedata and information in real-time. Smart Digital
Realities require a digital infrastructure that enables
essential lines of communication between data,
teams and technologies to deliver actionableinsights within any business context.
Hexagon’s portfolio includes a foundational technology
platform, Xalt, and a foundational digital reality
platform, HxDR, alongside industry-specific platforms
that enable customers to break down silos, facilitate
collaboration and streamline mission-critical,
workflow-driven business processes.

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Nexus (manufacturing-specific)
Streamlines information sharing, empowering crossfunctional teams with the insights to solve uniqueproblems and collaborate naturally in real time.
Power of One (mining-specific)
Connects all processes of a mine – from thepit to the plant.
HxGN Agron (farms-specific)
Enables the intelligent management ofcultivation, harvest and transport operations.

Ecosystems
servedFreeing customers to do totheir best work

This is the real value of Smart Digital Realities. Industries
no longer exist in a vacuum. We live in an interconnected,
interdependent world, where dynamic business ecosystems have
replaced the traditional focus on vertical sectors. Today, data
must be fully leveraged to liberate multi-industry and multifunction stakeholders to tackle big challenges together. It’s inthis arena of complex ecosystems that Hexagon unleashes thefull value of Smart Digital Realities.

Hexagon’s solutions are targetedat the two most critical mega
ecosystems: production and people.

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Production ecosystems
Production ecosystems encompass what humanity “takes andmakes” from the planet. This includes everything from ore, minerals,
grains and forests to refining oil and gas and manufacturing smart
phones and automobiles. Hexagon’s digital reality solutions address
the vast challenges and opportunities found within managing thecomplete lifecycle of discrete manufacturing, complex industrial
plants and ships, open pit and underground mines and agricultural
crops and forests. They also include autonomous road trains for safer,more efficient and cost effective mine-to-port ore transport andautonomous tractors for improved farming precision, bigger yields andgreater financial returns.

Manufacturing

Industrial facilities

Mines

Buildings

Farms

Infrastructure

Cities and nations

DefenceAutonomous mobility

People ecosystems
A growing population and demand for higher living standards arechallenges that must be tackled within the people ecosystems – allwhile ensuring that solutions add more value to society and theplanet than what they destroy. Hexagon brings an entire portfolioof solutions to people ecosystems – from managing the complete
lifecycle of vertical structures and large-scale engineering toensuring public safety, economic vitality, quality of life for citizens
and security and defence of nations. Together they address
the urgent need to secure safe and intelligent cities, resilient
infrastructure, buildings and homes, freedom of mobility andsustainable economies.

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HexagonAutonomous mobility
ecosystem
Meeting the challenges related to autonomous vehicle
R&D and the sensor-software systems that make live
deployment of AI drivers possible (on- and off-road;passenger and fleet).
Autonomous mobility has far-reaching benefits beyond
self-driving cars and it’s already driving industry:
driverless technology applications within construction,
farming, mining, shipping, supply chain and moreare enabling industries to minimise waste, maximise
productivity and improve the health and safety of
employees. Our sensor-software systems make thedeployment of AI drivers possible, helping customers
solve one of the greatest technological challenges inhistory: the autonomous transportation of people andthings that is safe, scalable and affordable.

Hexagon’s approach is three-pronged:
Enabling solutions
Research and development platforms that enable
automation functionality across a diverse set of control
systems and industrial applications.
Accelerating solutions
Testing solutions that create a seamless workflow
between real-world and simulated environments toaccelerate, optimise, verify and validate billions oftest-drive kilometres and real-world scenarios.
Deployment solutions
Comprehensive solutions that enable customers toquickly scale from prototype R&D and testing phases tofull production in a variety of emerging and fast-paced
market segments.

Key technologies
Drive-by-wire systems
Correction services
AI-based perception
Route planning software
Simulation and testing software

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HexagonBuildings ecosystem
Managing the full lifecycle of safely creating andmaintaining vertical human-made infrastructure.
The built environment generates 40% of annual
global CO2 emissions with 27% of that from operation
throughout the life of a building. It’s clear we needto do better across the entire lifecycle. From design
and planning through construction, operation andmaintenance, stakeholders within the buildings
ecosystem must depend on data that can be traced,
connected, visualised, leveraged and updated for
maximum value creation at each stage of the verticalstructure lifecycle.

Design phase
Design and engineering solutions that capture an
accurate digital reality of a building site’s existing
conditions, features and positioning to help digitallydesign models that minimise inputs and reduce waste
during the project.
Plan phase
Software solutions that transform your vision anddesign into a plan of action, digitally mapping out every
detail for the construction phase including materials,
scheduling and cost.
Build phase
Building solutions that orchestrate the construction
process more simply, creating a model of productivity
and efficiency with higher quality, fewer reworks and lesswaste while ensuring worksite safety.
Operate and maintain phase
Completions and handover solutions that leverage alldata from design, plan and build phases to create a
Smart Digital Reality that delivers full transparency toevery element of the completed building for owners.

Key technologies
Surveying equipment and software
Design and engineering software (3D BIM)Enterprise construction management software(4D and 5D BIM)
Site monitoring and documentation software

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HexagonCities and nations
ecosystem
Meeting the challenges related to delivering public
sector services (e.g., public safety, utilities),
connecting all related agencies and organisations
to the same information (i.e., a single source of
truth) for coordinated planning and event/incident
management and response.
The speed and scale of urbanisation brings a hostof challenges: providing viable infrastructure, liketransportation, water and energy, ensuring safety
through defence and first responders, delivery of basic
services and creating a sound economy. Building cities
and nations that work requires the delivery of public
sector services that are resilient and sustainable.
A data-driven approach will ensure citizen safety andconnect all relevant stakeholders for coordinated event
planning and response.

Governments and service providers are overcoming
challenges and navigating uncertainty with
Hexagon’s Smart Digital Reality solutions acrossmultiple disciplines:
Industrial and commercial resiliency
Scalable surveillance, security and incident
management solutions that forge safer industrial andcommercial facilities.
Mapping
Location intelligence solutions that capture, visualise,
analyse and derive insights from location data to addressa variety of urban and national challenges.
Public administration
Cloud-based applications and collaborative solutions
to easily share data for census, cadastral management,
public works and interagency situational awareness.
Public safety
Integrated technology solutions that improve the quality,
accuracy and availability of critical information toenhance efficiency, security and productivity.
Transportation
Intuitive, integrated solutions for roads, railways, aviationand maritime to ensure effective planning, efficient
operations and enhanced safety with minimal disruption.
Utilities and communications
Location-based technologies that achieve greater
network service reliability, enhance integrity,
increase efficiency and fulfil the expectations ofutility stakeholders.

Key technologies
Geospatial intelligence and asset management
Situational awareness and 3D surveillance
Visualisation and collaboration platforms
Computer-aided dispatch and incident
management software
Network planning software

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HexagonDefence ecosystem
Delivering innovative solutions across the naval, land,aerospace and electronic systems domains.
A long list of challenges confronts a nation’s resilience.
Nations rely on their defence forces and strategies toanticipate and protect against hostilities that could
impact public health and safety. Threats still come fromtraditional geopolitical tensions, but can also come fromnew sectors, like cyber warfare, technology dominanceand even climate change.

To ensure their national security, defence organisations
require technological superiority to support real-timesituational awareness and solve complex and dynamic
challenges with digital reality solutions, including:
Administration operations
Scalable computer-aided dispatch, security software andreality capture systems, including surveillance sensors, tobuild safe and resilient bases and facilities.
APNT (Assured positioning, navigation and timing)
Anti-jamming and anti-spoofing technologies that ensure
resilient and robust positioning in contested environments.
C4ISR [Command, Control, Communications, Computers(C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)]
We deliver world-class technology and services to provide
sovereign nations with a strategic advantage. Situationalawareness and real-time insights about adversaries andenvironments makes the swiftest response possible.
Mapping solutions
We deliver mapping and imagery intelligence capabilities
and enable high-performance, real-time applications forcommand and control, mission planning and more.

Key technologies
GNSS anti-jam/anti-spoof
Tactical edge mapping software
Geospatial intelligence software
Visualisation software

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HexagonFarms ecosystem
Managing the full lifecycle of sugarcane, forestry
and grain crops with more accurate techniques forplanning, cultivation and harvesting – while also
minimising resource use.
Demand for food is growing while the supply side
faces constraints in land, water and other inputs.
Few industries are as vital as farming, which provides
nourishment and resources for billions all over theworld. However, farmers and foresters must adopt newpractices to meet the needs of the growing population
while reducing fuel usage, methane production anddesertification that harms the planet. Hexagon’s
solutions enable total oversight to increase crop andharvest yields while reducing emissions and cost.

Automation and autonomy
Turnkey automation and positioning solutions — frommachine control to fully autonomous equipment — that
reduce inputs, optimise yields and assure safety-criticaloperations while ensuring sustainability and resiliency
across crop lifecycles.
Data management, logistics and analysis
Solutions that leverage data across the entire crop
lifecycle of agricultural and forestry operations — frompreparation to planting, cultivation to harvest — toensure efficient field operations and maximum output.
OEMs
Field-ready advanced technologies for OEMs, including
GNSS assured positioning and correction services for
precision farming, machine controls and visualisation foranalysis and planning.
Planning and optimisation
Solutions that overcome the inherent challenges ofplanning across multiple time horizons and optimise
agricultural and forestry land use, workflows, equipment
and processes to increase productivity and yield, andminimise waste.

Key technologies
Smart antennas
Precision agriculture machine control systems
Field operations software

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HexagonIndustrial facilities
ecosystem
Managing the full lifecycle of safely creating
and maintaining the complex facilities thatenable process manufacturing, while maintaining
a single source of truth of the facility and related
asset information.
The world consumes more than 100-billion metric tonsof natural resources every year, which is unsustainable.
It’s never been clearer that energy security andcleaner energy are indivisible. While energy transition
to renewables can’t be achieved without fossil fuels,
they must be made cleaner. If the industrial facilities
ecosystem is to adapt and stay profitable in the future,
it will be because data leverage has transformed theecosystem into one that is both agile and sustainable.
That means transitioning to renewable energy at thesame time as increasing productivity, efficiency andoutput with dramatic reductions in harmful emissions
and waste. This requires systemic change at every phaseof the industrial asset lifecycle.

Design phase
Design and engineering software that transforms the projectvision into a CAD model with precision and ease of use.
Plan phase
Sensor-software solutions that capture an exact digital twinof a site’s existing conditions, features and precise location
to facilitate digital design concepts that drive efficiencies
and reduce waste throughout the asset lifecycle.
Build phase
Building solutions that orchestrate a construction projectwith a high level of productivity and efficiency — achieving
the highest quality while avoiding rework and waste.
Operate and maintain phase
Facilities management and maintenance solutions thatleverage data from the planning, design and build phases tocreate an operational twin that connects people, processes
and events to keep a facility running optimally.

Key technologies
Facility design, engineering and simulation tools
Enterprise project performance softwareEnterprise asset management software
Operational twins
Operations risk management software

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HexagonInfrastructure ecosystem
Managing the full lifecycle of safely creating andmaintaining horizontal human-made infrastructure.
As the infrastructure ecosystem turns its focus
towards a sustainable future, it must learn to manage
complexities in delivering a new breed of projects
on time and within budget. Stakeholders within thismassive ecosystem must stay connected to deliver
successful outcomes. Achieving the goal of sustainableinfrastructure requires both urgency and patience.
Yet, successfully navigating the pathway to net-zeroemissions is the only acceptable outcome.
With Hexagon’s solutions, data can do the heavy
lifting, enabling governments and engineers to deliver
sustainable infrastructure faster, profitably andsustainably at every phase of the project lifecycle.

Plan phase
Surveying solutions to visualise the site above andbelow ground, digitally mapping out every detailfor the construction phase, including schedule,
materials and cost.
Design phase
Design and engineering software that digitally
captures all the right distances and volumes
that are key to construction performance,with accurate positioning and measurements
integrated into the 3D model.
Prepare phase
Solutions to help with everything from site
evaluation to preparing machines, fromunderground utility detection to setting up
GNSS corrections, to effectively mobilise yourteam and resources.
Construct phase
Maintain a data-driven approach to orchestrate
the entire construction phase, creating a 3Dmodel of productivity and efficiency – with higher
quality, fewer reworks and less waste.
Operate and maintain phase
Solutions that provide 24/7 visibility into
the operational twin to optimise safety,
improve efficiency and extend the life of theinfrastructure asset.

Key technologies
Surveying equipment and software
Machine control
Quantity and takeoff solutions
Design and engineering software (CAD
and 3D BIM)

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HexagonManufacturing
ecosystem
Managing the full lifecycle of discrete manufacturing,connecting workflows to deliver higher efficiency andproductivity without compromising quality – while
also using less material and creating less waste.
There is no ecosystem more vital to the global economy
and more threatening to our sustainable futurethan manufacturing – and none is more susceptible
to disruption. Competitive and fast-moving, themanufacturing ecosystem faces challenges fromevery stage in the life of a product. By harnessing data
insights throughout the entire lifecycle, stakeholders
can continuously improve time-to-market, quality andproductivity while reducing waste, minimising risk andprotecting profits at every phase.

Design and engineering
Innovations that enable users to digitally simulate andoptimise product design and engineering to ensurecomponent manufacturability, production productivity andoutput quality.
Production
Solutions that maintain a digital thread through production,
optimise machine tools, measure environmental variancesand prevent downtime with predictive data analyses.
Inspection
World-leading metrology hardware and software that
automates and digitalises quality measurement, creatinga bridge between the real and digital worlds.
Digital transformation
Sensor-software systems that transform and integratesiloed and disconnected processes, create value acrossthe product lifecycle, enable new business models andautomate workflows to become increasingly autonomous,efficient and sustainable.

Key technologies
Computer-aided design and engineering
Simulation software
Computer-aided manufacturing
Quality, metrology and inspection solutions
Enterprise asset management software

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HexagonMines ecosystem
Managing the full lifecycle of raw material extraction,and connecting people, processes and workflows todeliver safer, more productive mines – while also using
less material and creating less waste.
The transition to renewable energy will require massive
inputs of metals and minerals that depend on a mining
ecosystem with a legacy of unsustainable practices. To makethe clean energy transition possible, we must focus efforts
to meet the growing demand for materials, while making sure
this growth is sustainable and minimal in its climate impact.
A major driver of the global economy, underground and open
pit mining is the focus of significant investment and a criticalproducer of raw materials for many industries. By embracing
digital reality solutions, mines can adopt more sustainable
and safer mining practices across the entire life of the mine.

Drill and blast
Technology that calculates and analyses
the efficiency of each step in the drill and blast
process via a tailored feedback loop to ensure
continuous improvement through accuracy
and precision.
Exploration
Technology that empowers the mine exploration
process with the ability to store, manage andanalyse drillhole data, perform geologicalinterpretation of deposits and generate accurate
block models.
Material movement
Technology that executes successful material
movement through planning, fleet management,
safety and slope monitoring.
Planning
Powerful 3D modelling and simulation, datavisualisation and planning software for geologists
and engineers that supports seamless workflows
from exploration to production.
Survey and monitoring
Sensor-software systems and monitoring
solutions that enable quick and informed
decision-making without compromising safetyor productivity.

Key technologies
Survey and monitoring equipment andsoftwareMine design, exploration and planningsoftwareDrill and blast design and management
Material movement and safety solutions
Autonomous machine control systems

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HexagonR-evolution
Hexagon’s sustainable innovation and green-tech
investment subsidiary
Hexagon launched R-evolution in 2021 as a proactive response to
the planet’s environmental crisis. R-evolution is a wholly-owned
subsidiary that focuses on leveraging Hexagon’s digital reality
solutions, innovation, investment and venture capital to profitably
grow and accelerate green-tech business opportunities.
R-evolution is forging a path with tech-enabled solutions toward
solving depletion and waste challenges while also creating economic
value. That means finding ways to lower carbonisation, plastic
use and deforestation while conserving oceans, biodiversity anddrinkable water. In addition to funding new solar parks, developing
technology blueprints to guide organisations in their sustainability
initiatives and partnering with non-profits and governments on
decarbonisation efforts, R-evolution continuously looks for newopportunities to support and invest in.

CASE STUDY

Mapping the world’s
largest seagrassecosystem
The Bahamian seagrass meadows store hundreds ofmillions of tonnes of CO2 and make up 40% of the world’s
largest seagrass habitat. These beds house blue carbon
ecosystems that store greenhouse gases 35 times fasterthan tropical rainforests. The Bahamian government
needed to understand why these carbon sinks were being
rapidly depleted.
R-evolution teamed up with Beneath The Waves in
December 2021 to provide an accurate, scalable solution
for year-over-year change detection and health monitoringof the seagrass ecosystem. The pilot programme included
sensor-tagging tiger sharks who frequent the meadows,
scuba surveys, marine vessel surveys and aerial datausing Hexagon’s airborne bathymetric LiDAR technology
to develop an accurate visualisation of the health andactivity of the meadows.
Following successful validation of Beneath The Waves’
initial research, the Bahamian government is issuing
blue carbon credits that are the first of their kind, with
Beneath The Waves as the end-to-end science partner
and R-evolution as the mapping supplier of superior point
density and depth penetration for seagrass mappingand classification.

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Chapter title
HexagonArchitects
of a newreality
The world finds itself at thishistoric inflection point that
may only be fully appreciatedin hindsight.
The old reality is headed to decline and obsolescence. Hexagon’sbold vision for the future is to pivot – to chart a new course forindustry – a course where the enormous potential of data is fully
realised, so that business, industry and humanity sustainably thrive.

Genius is the ability to holdone’s vision steady until it
becomes reality.
Benjamín Franklin

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Chapter title
HexagonEmpowering an autonomous, sustainable future.
Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, softwareand autonomous technologies. Our solutions target the rapidly widening gap ofunderleveraged data, putting it to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality
and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector andmobility applications.
We believe in a world where economic growth does not come at the expense of theplanet and people. Our technologies are shaping production- and people-related
ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – empowering
customers to drive sustainability efforts in every aspect of their business.
Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,500 employees in
50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.4bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.
com and follow us @HexagonAB.

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