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The company manufactures such a variety of medical devices that their products can be used to identify and treat over 100 different kinds of diseases.

Olympus Algram also produces the panelling used in the Trent 1000 engines which powers the turbines on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner series

Last year Olympus made a profit margin of 793.9 billion Yen, that’s about the equivalent of 5.71 billion pounds! With that much money you could buy over 350 luxury supercars such as the Bugatti Veyron!

Since 1996 Olympus has won over 275 awards for its design and development of these products and the company was one of the top 100 most innovative companies from 2011 to 2017.

Olympus Algram

Olympus has been providing cutting edge medical systems, sound and photography innovations and life science advancements for over 100 years. Starting off as a small microscope business in Japan back in 1919, the Olympus group has grown to become one of the largest and leading companies in the world for both medical and photography innovations. In fact Olympus is now the leader in gastrointestinal endoscopic equipment accounting for 70% of the market. (This endoscopic equipment is the kit doctors use to look at and check the health of the inside our stomachs and small intestines)

The Plymouth Algram site works within the medical side of the business and is responsible for producing parts for the company’s collection of over 20000 patterned products. Employees here are also responsible for the development of new products to add to this collection as well as maintaining many of the tools that allow their production. Staff at the Plymouth factory also produce components for the automotive and aerospace industry too! The majority of products are sent to parts of the Olympus business for shipping and selling, however some other parts produced on site are sold directly to the buyer including companies like Bentley, Rolls Royce and Eaton aerospace.

STEM Job Roles at Olympus Algram include: Toolroom Engineer, Project Engineer, Tool Designer, Process Engineer, Maintenance Engineer

Apprenticeships: Algram often recruits 2 to 3 apprentices each year in different aspects of the company.

Work Experience Placements are possible. Placements are usually around a week long. This ranges from working with and shadowing engineers to working alongside the production team or purchasing department.

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Did you know?

The company manufactures such a variety of medical devices that their products can be used to identify and treat over 100 different kinds of diseases.

Olympus Algram also produces the panelling used in the Trent 1000 engines which powers the turbines on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner series

Last year Olympus made a profit margin of 793.9 billion Yen, that’s about the equivalent of 5.71 billion pounds! With that much money you could buy over 350 luxury supercars such as the Bugatti Veyron!

Since 1996 Olympus has won over 275 awards for its design and development of these products and the company was one of the top 100 most innovative companies from 2011 to 2017.

Top Facts

151 Employees currently work at the Algram site in Plympton, Plymouth, UK

Globally there are 35,124 employees within the Olympus business

Olympus has locations in the UK (Plymouth, Southend and Cardiff) and everal other countries including Vietnam, Czech Republic, 2 sites in Germany, 3 sites in America and 4 sites in Japan. In total Olympus operates within 39 different countries and regions globally.

All about Endoscope Equipment by Olympus

Endoscopy Workstation

During medical operations a patient may need to be internally examined using an expensive camera called an endoscope to find the potential cause of a problem.

The Endoscopy Workstation is the heart and brains of any Olympus endoscopic equipment. A combination of several of the parts produced by the Olympus Algram team and other Olympus sites, the endoscopy workstation shown here is one of the most prominently used pieces of equipment within hospitals all around the UK. The screen at the top displays the images captured by the endoscope that the doctors use during the examination to see what is going on inside our body.

Mouthguard

The Olympus Algram signature mouthguard keeps a patient’s mouth open during use of the endoscope so doctors may examine their lungs, stomach or intestines for cancers, open wounds or other medical issues. The mouthguard is also used to protect this expensive piece of equipment from patients who might bite down on the camera during the procedure.

The OFP2 Flushing Pump

The OFP2 Flushing Pump controls the water flow down a tube to allow doctors to release a flow of low pressurised water into a patient to remove blockages and access areas needed for treatment as well as cleaning the lens of the camera.

MAJ-1651 Tube set

The tube set is a long tube connected to the endoscope that travels back to the OFP2 Flushing pump (previously mentioned). The tube allows for the passage of fluids from the OFP2 unit into the human body during examinations to remove any blockages that doctors may find within their patient and that may prevent them from treating any internal injuries.

 

One-Way Valve

The one-way valve allows fluid to be pumped into the patient from the OFP2 unit and stops any fluid from inside the patient travelling back along the tube into the OFP2 controller.

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