Baker Hughes announced on November 2, 2026 that it had completed the sale of Waygate Technologies to Hexagon. For an inspection team using Waygate equipment or software, this establishes a business-ownership milestone. Product-specific service arrangements still deserve their own confirmation.
Read the closing update against the April agreement
The November release describes an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.45 billion before customary closing adjustments. Its summary describes the proceeds as pre-tax. The sale covers remote visual inspection, ultrasound, radiography and imaging solutions, together with the business’s assets, intellectual property, footprint and resources.
Baker Hughes company release: sale completed, November 2
Baker Hughes’ April 13 announcement described an agreement whose closing was then conditional and expected in the second half of 2026. Keep that earlier document as the agreement-stage record. The November update supplies the later completion milestone; the two dates describe different steps.
Baker Hughes: original agreement announcement, April 13
Use the portfolio description to identify your questions
Hexagon’s April announcement described an expansion of its Manufacturing Intelligence business into non-destructive testing. It distinguished radiography, remote visual inspection, ultrasonic testing and imaging solutions, with different strategic mandates. Those dated plans are useful context; they are not a product-by-product service timetable for November.
Hexagon: April acquisition rationale and portfolio description
Start with the equipment and software your team actually uses. A portfolio-wide ownership announcement cannot, by itself, answer whether a particular service visit is booked, a software version is compatible or a specific replacement part is available. Ask the responsible supplier for the evidence relevant to that task.
Build a short supplier-confirmation sheet
- Asset: product name, model and the identifier your approved support channel requires.
- Current task: scheduled maintenance, calibration, repair, software support or a new purchase.
- Contact: the supplier channel and person responsible for confirming the next step.
- Evidence: the dated service confirmation, product documentation or quotation answering the question.
- Open point: anything still awaiting a response, with the person assigned to follow it up.
For a fictional example, an engineering team has an inspection instrument due for a service visit. It records the ownership announcement in its supplier notes, then asks its established service contact to confirm the visit and the required preparation. The announcement answers who bought the business; the appointment confirmation answers the team’s immediate operational question.
If that team also plans a software upgrade, it keeps compatibility confirmation as a separate task. Completing the service appointment would not demonstrate that the proposed software combination has been checked. This example describes a suggested review method, not a reported Waygate customer transition.
Keep the evidence tied to the decision
The useful next step is to resolve the particular operational question, then retain its dated answer with the asset record. No customer agreement, support case, appointment, software installation or inspection result was examined for this article. No product change or interruption is inferred from the sale.