Warill Engineering Sales (Aust) Pty Ltd, (WES) as of August 1st, 2012 has formed a joint venture company with Omega Foundry Machinery Ltd based in the UK.

The new company will be known as WES Omega Foundry Machinery Pty Ltd, which will be based at the existing WES premises located in Dandenong. The company will be headed by Les Craig (Managing Director) and Peter Dimopoulos (Technical Director).

WES Omega will be in a position to manufacture all the Omega product range along with the continuation of the existing WES equipment, WES Omega will seek to see the improvement and extension of the pre-existing equipment range servicing the foundry industry in Australia, New Zealand and parts of South-East Asia.

All correspondence and communication with existing staff at WES will remain the same.

Products such as mould handling and reclamation will be significantly bolstered by this formation and it is planned to erect a pilot plant for the testing of local foundries sand by both thermal and secondary attrition means.

With both Companies long history of design and manufacture of Foundry Equipment, WES Omega seeks to further develop and improve its foundry machinery and reinforce its relationship with both existing and new customers.