› Olympus Automation has acquired the powder handling project division of Industrial
   blower Services (IBS)
The managing directors agreed the acquisition on Friday 18/6/2010. The IBS project team will now take on the Olympus Automation name and continue to trade out of the East Bergholt offices. The combined business will allow Olympus Automation to offer turnkey wet and dry material handling solutions.

› High levels of interest in Olympus Automation End of Line Solutions at Foodex 2010
Olympus Automation attracted a great deal of interest in its End of Line Solutions technology at the recent Foodex in Birmingham. Click here for full story

›  See the latest in End of Line Solutions technology from Olympus Automation at Foodex 2010
Olympus Automation will be showcasing its End of Line Solutions technology in Hall 5, Stand No T013
at Foodex, NEC, Birmingham from 21 to 24 March. Click here for full story

›  New team member
Wayne Johnson is joining Olympus Automation as a technical consultant in the End of Line team. Wayne has extensive manufacturing experience as a technical manager for both the supermarkets and manufacturers. He will be available to work with our clients to improve technical systems and ensure the smooth implementation of our systems.

›  Delegation to Africa
Olympus Automation has a delegation visiting Africa to help companies procure process systems and equipment in emerging markets.

›  Working with Sara Lee
We have been working with Sara Lee USA to improve the performance of a process freezer. Improvements have increased throughput and machine reliability to record levels.

›  Recruiting engineers
Despite the recession Olympus Automation are experiencing strong demand for services and are recruiting engineers in many disciplines. Harry Norman MD says, "During the recession we had long term commitments with our customers allowing us to preserve our skill base and recruit first rate engineers from our competition. Now things are picking up we are best placed to offer solutions".

›  Providing emergency cover
When a leading manufacturer had a catastrophic failure of a mixing control system they turned to Olympus Automation. "The original equipment manufacturer required a six week lead time to resolve our issue; Olympus Automation had us fully operational in six days. The combination of software and process knowledge in Olympus Automation made this possible".