WAHOO – Omaha Steel Castings is at home on the eastern edge of Wahoo, building up capacity and know-how with its new equipment and processes on the way to full production capacity in 2015. After a year’s delay and an ownership change, the 108-year-old company has vacated its east-central Omaha foundry and moved 35 miles to the west. The land at 46th and Farnam Streets, owned separately, was sold to the…

Oman’s plans for a $15.5bn railway network across the Sultanate will be a boon to business in the region – opening up and attracting more opportunities, the shipping industry’s peak group told English daily The Times of Oman. The proposed 2,244km railway is part of a regional railway network expected to link the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The Omani government has committed to funding at…

A group of 15 students and two staff members of the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) travelled to RWTH Aachen University in Germany recently. The students attended a three weeks language and culture course at the Language Center of RWTH Aachen University and were also introduced to different departments of the university. ”The trip to Germany was one of the best trips, it showed us so much…

Oman’s economic diversification efforts, Sohar Aluminium partnered with their latest downstream customer, Synergies Castings LLC, the leading manufacturer of aluminium alloy wheels in India. The agreement will begin with the construction of a USD 100 Million hi-tech alloy wheel manufacturing plant situated in the Sohar Industrial Estate adjacent to Sohar Aluminium premises. Construction is scheduled to…

With more than 78,000 visitors to GIFA this year it was no surprise that the Omega stand would be busy! Omega were determined to show that our policy is one of continual improvement coupled with innovation, leading to new machine designs and control systems. So we were very proud to exhibit not only our current range of mixers but also our latest range of Spartan 4 mixers, the latest design of Gamma HL…

Omega Sinto celebrate success in India with the AIA project Despite the challenges of the pandemic, AIA Engineering based in Ahmedabad/Gujarat in India continue with their latest expansion and greenfield site development of a new foundry. A “Pooja” ceremony was held after the Omega Sinto shakeout was placed in position. Once complete the foundry will consist of a fully integrated box-less moulding line,…

The 30th Anniversary of Omega: It was a great celebration with representatives and guests from all over the world. Omega invited guests to the British city of Peterborough followed by a visit to the dignified Belvoir Castle. To the delight of the guests, they were able to arrive as knights, noblemen or in national dress. The positive Omega Spirit was expressed in every way. WFO President Vinod Kapur from…

Omega recently held its agents conference in Peterborough. The event was extremely well attended with over 50 delegates representing 33 countries. Two days of technical seminars were conducted at the company’s headquarters in Peterborough. The culmination of the proceedings ended up with dinner ‘under Concorde’ at the world renowned Duxford Museum. Omega Foundry Machinery Ltd.

As part of a large contract for an overseas aerospace foundry, Omega has just finished pre-despatch tests on this ‘Size 9’ Rollover. The machine stands at 6.3 M in height weighs 34 tonnes. It will be capable of rotating and stripping a mould with dimensions 3500mm x 2500mm x 875/875. This is the largest Rollover ever made by Omega and, as far as we know, by any other manufacturer as well! The design is such…

Omega Foundry Machinery Ltd are pleased to announce recent successful acquisition of the business assets of Foundry Technical and Liaison Ltd (FTL) http://www.ftlfoundryequipment.co.uk/ FTL were formed in 1964 and originally specialised in large scale foundry projects, including automated moulding lines, long campaign cupolas, chemically bonded sand equipment and latterly large (non-foundry) recycling…