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In the News - 2010

August 2010

Nick Oram joins and IT and Systems Manager. Peter Collington travels to the US for product training on Exlar Roller Screw Linear Actuators, associated control systems and applications solutions.

July 2010

Olsen Engineering celebrate their first anniversary in the purpose built new building and were given centre page editorial in the Mid Wales Monthly local business magazine.

Mid Wales Monthly local business magazine article (PDF)

June 2010

Drives and Controls 2010 was a great success this year with Olsen taking its largest stand to date. We received over 50 sales enquiries many of which from existing potential customers now understanding the Roller Screw technology benefits in more detail. A further dozen new bright prospects also requested official quotations for new projects.

Also Mr. Afolabi Olanrewaju joins as Technical Engineer (Electrical Engineering graduate from University of Lagos and MSc from University of Liverpool).

Total Packaging in sponsorship with PPMA
Third year in and half a dozen local UK exhibiting OEM’s approached our stand to ask advise on their linear actuation machine requirements. Its seems clever engineers and MD’s are really starting to understand and feel the pressure for this progressive technology. Even our friendly competitors like Festo agreed their energy saving analysis generally always proves a minimum 30% compared with pneumatic which was promising! The show generated approx 80 leads of which 30 were very interesting (serious players). Large Multi-National End users trying to reduce noise, others trying to avoid hydraulic slip hazards.

May 2010

Olsen Engineering continues expansion acquiring another 50m2 at Unit 4 of Newtown Technology Park for the Design and Development Department. Also Kristy Danks joins as division accountant.

April 2010

Bison Gear select Olsen Engineering at the UK agent for their range of motor and gearboxes - Link to bisongear.com

Bison Olsen Engineering Certificate (PDF)

March 2010

Olsen Engineering donates more equipment to Donetsk Technical University and once again meets with Dr Alexei Svetlichny - Automation Department Manager and Professor Olga Ivanova - Chair of Electric Drives and Automation Faculty.

February 2010

Olsen Engineering sponsors a table at the North West Annual IET dinner in Liverpool - 5th February

The PPMA lunch was very well attended this year and the presentations were excellent providing the UK machine builder network with food for thought detailing how to capitalise using effective marketing strategies, market research and PR to grow business during 2010. Thank you to everyone involved.

January 2010

January 21st 2010 - The company celebrates 6 years since formation and a record year of turnover up by over 100% on the previous year. 2010 looks very exciting with the number of genuine project enquiries for Roller Screw Linear Actuators increasing dramatically.

Weather conditions were unusual this month in Mid Wales 12 inches of snow and temperatures touching -18C

MACBOOK competition as advertised during the PPMA Exhibition was drawn at Olsen's technical business partners offices opposite at Unit 2, Station Road (www.motorcontrolwarehouse.co.uk) on 16th December and Stuart Lane of Endoline Machinery won the competition. Congratulations Stuart !! MACBOOK competition as advertised during the PPMA Exhibition was drawn on 16th December and Stuart Lane of Endoline Machinery won the competition. Congratulations Stuart !!

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