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Olympus Automation Limited

Automation, processing & powder handling with robots - OAL

OAL supply market leading food processing and automation solutions.

CRN
03303852
Founded
1997
Age
29

Overview

Legal name
OLYMPUS AUTOMATION LIMITED
Region
East of England
Registered address
UNIT 4 A1 PARKWAY
ORTON SOUTHGATE
PETERBOROUGH
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
PE2 6YN
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
31 Mar
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

31 Jan
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

17 Jan
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

30 Jun
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

17 Jan
1997

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

8 awards
First funded
2014
Funded years
2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2026
Age at first award
17 years

Projects

2026 Innovation Loans Lead participant

OAL Robotics and Platform Integration for Smart Food Manufacturing

25 Mar 2026 to 25 Dec 2028

Awarded
£4,639,815
Total cost £4,783,000

This project by OAL aims to accelerate the deployment of smart robotics and connected digital systems in the UK food manufacturing sector. The initiative will deliver two key outcomes: the commercialisation of a new collaborative, fenceless robotic system for repetitive manual tasks, and the integration of existing data verification tools into a unified s...

2018 Knowledge Transfer Partnership

University of Lincoln and Olympus Automation Limited

1 Dec 2018 to 31 May 2021

Awarded
Unknown

To design and develop a fully integrated paperless real-time traceability system for food production from farm to fork that not only enables improved product quality, reduces waste and provides accurate data, but will also comply with increasing legislation, through the use of emerging technologies.

2017 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Robotic Flexible Food Manufacturing System (RFFMS)

1 Sep 2017 to 31 Aug 2019

Awarded
£338,104
Total cost £563,507

Traditional soup, sauces and other liquid based product manufacturing often depends on electronic and / or paper based control systems whilst using large stationary cooking kettles (500 to 3000Kg) requiring pipe and manual handling transfer systems for moving ingredients and finished product from process to process. Consequently, this leads to variable pr...

2017 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Automated Robotic Food Manufacturing System

1 Mar 2017 to 31 May 2018

Awarded
£210,086
Total cost £350,141

Traditional soup, sauces and other liquid based product manufacturing utilises large fixed cooking kettles (500 to 3000Kg) requiring pumped and manual handling transfer systems for moving ingredients and finished product from process to process. Consequently, this leads to prolonged manufacturing times, variable product quality, considerable waste and hig...

2015 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Advanced Cooking and Cooling Technology (ACCT)

1 Oct 2015 to 31 Dec 2017

Awarded
£223,499
Total cost £372,498

By combining 2 processes an innovative system will disrupt traditional process practices leading to a step change in supply chain efficiency within the fast growing markets for ready meals, soups and other sauce based food products. Through rapid cooking (steam infusion) and rapid cooling (liquid nitrogen) major issues effecting food quality, nutritional ...

2015 SME Support Lead participant

Olympus Automation Limited (Add on to 102328)

1 Oct 2015 to 31 Dec 2015

Awarded
£3,000
Total cost £3,000

Awaiting Public Project Summary

2014 Vouchers Lead participant

Steam Infusion Campden BRI

1 May 2014 to 31 Oct 2014

Awarded
£5,000
Total cost £5,000

Olympus Automation Ltd seek to work with Cambden BRI to validate informal testing of a new cooking process, steam infusion, that is positively effecting the taste and flavour profile using the same base ingredients. Steam Infusion has already made an initial impact on salt and fat reduction in operating manufacturing plants but this has yet to have been v...

2014 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Advanced Mixing and Cooking Technology (AMACT)

1 Feb 2014 to 31 Jul 2016

Awarded
£370,671
Total cost £617,785

The innovative new “PDX” patented steam injection technology offers a major opportunity for revolutionary advances in food processing. It has already made an initial impact through salt and fat reduction and faster more efficient processing, but this has been achieved without full scientific understanding, largely by trial and error. Olympus Automation Lt...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Innovation Loans Knowledge Transfer Partnership SME Support Vouchers