OMEGA Engineering Limited

OMEGA Engineering Limited

1 Omega Drive, Northbank, Irlam, Manchester, M44 5BD

AboutOMEGA Engineering Limited

Exceeding Your Expectations:

Since its inception in 1962, OMEGA has grown from manufacturing a single product line of thermocouples to an established global leader in the technical marketplace, offering more than 100,000 state-of-the-art products for measurement and control of temperature, humidity, pressure, strain, force, flow, level, pH and conductivity. OMEGA also provides customers with a complete line of data acquisition, electric heating and custom engineered products.

For the past three decades our handbooks have served as valuable reference tools for engineers around the world. And though we are an established direct-marketing pioneer, our people, facilities and superior client services go well beyond the OMEGA handbooks.

It is our commitment to quality instrumentation and exceptional customer service that has remained the cornerstone of our success. OMEGA´s priority is clear. Our facilities exist to "facilitate" solutions to your needs.

Omega Engineering is a subsidiary of Spectris plc, a leading supplier of productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls. The Company’s products and technologies help customers to improve product quality and performance, improve core manufacturing processes, reduce downtime and wastage and reduce time to market. Its global customer base spans a diverse range of end user markets

Spectris operates across four business segments which reflect the applications and industries it serves: Materials Analysis, Test and Measurement, In-line Instrumentation and Industrial Controls. Headquartered in Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom, the Company employs approximately 8,300 people, with offices in more than 30 countries.

Continued Growth

OMEGA® continues to grow and currently has facilities worldwide. Corporate headquarters are at Stamford, Connecticut with the main manufacturing site located at Bridgeport, New Jersey. OMEGA® also has a site in Canada in addition to its UK subsidiary, OMEGA Engineering Ltd. The Group also includes Newport Electronics (sites in USA, Germany, and the Czech Republic), OMEGADYNE (located near Columbus, Ohio). Over the past 40 years OMEGA® has evolved from its humble origins to become the international leader in the field of Process Measurement and Control, offering over 100,000 items.The company's basic philosophy is to create career opportunities that allow individuals to achieve their fullest potential. The company's 5 founding principles are:

  • Maintain a balance between the creative & managerial approaches in a fast-growing business venture
  • Market a broad spectrum of goods & services in every specific discipline whilst aiming to become the leader in the field
  • Develop and maintain a unique merchandising and promotional style
  • Encourage managers to develop their own styles
  • Remember the marketing philosophy THE CUSTOMER IS KING

OMEGA's success lies in its commitment to quality, exceptional customer service and highly experienced technical support. OMEGA® chose the UK as the location for their European manufacturing Head Quarters. This followed a lengthy selection process involving a number of European sites. Many factors influenced OMEGA's decision to locate at Manchester, including easy and direct access to the national motorway network, the proximity of Manchester International Airport and the availability of an unrivalled workforce. Manchester is a great location from which to serve the whole of Europe.OMEGA Engineering Ltd is an expanding business with purpose-built facilities based at the River Bend Technology Centre. In fact, the facilities extend to over 10,000 m2 for manufacturing, sales and distribution on a site of 12 hectares. OMEGA® is clearly committed to providing an excellent service to customers in Europe and other wordwide locations.