Measurement and inspection developer Nextsense GmbH has opened its first subsidiary in Atlanta. The office will serve as a sales and service coordination center for North and South America. Currently, the U.S. market is served only by the company’s sales partners. “Intensifying our presence in the U.S.A. is an important step for our ambitious growth goals,” said Clemens Gasser, CEO of Nextsense. “Only this way we can fully exploit the great market potential and take the local interest comprehensively into account.” The company says it plans to open a second subsidiary in China next year. “In the future, we want to be closer to our customers,” Gasser said. “Direct contact is particularly important for us, because only this way we can react fast enough to the needs of our demanding market.” Nextsense is a developer and distributor of solutions for profile measurement and surface inspection based on non-contact measurement technology.