THINKING
OF TOMORROW
Quality Management and Innovation
Quality Management: Quality is part of Omya’s DNA
We responsibly source quality raw materials and process them using advanced technologies to provide our customers with products that best meet their needs.
In that journey, we remain attentive to market feedback, continually focusing our efforts on improving our products and processes to maintain our status as the supplier of choice for our customers.
Our operations dedicate time and resources to fostering a culture of Quality across the company, ensuring our employees aspirate excellence in all aspects of their work.
Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
LIMS is a software solution designed for laboratories worldwide to manage data and track samples, automate workflows, and centralize data in the laboratory to improve efficiency, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
The objective is to implement LIMS in most of the plants:
Simplify plant operation (Automatic data transfer and document creation COA).
Promote a common approach to Quality within the Group, make Quality data more readily available for benchmarking, cross-selling and process improvement (Benefitting from each other’s experience and best practice).
Our Quality Management, Environmental Management and Occupational Health & Safety Management systems ensure that we consistently achieve the highest industry standards.
ISO 9001 Quality Management
ISO 14001 Environmental Management
ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management
Innovation: Thinking of Tomorrow to meet the needs of future generations
For 140 years, Omya has focused on meeting the needs of current and future generations through our expertise in natural minerals. Since our first innovation combining fine chalk with linseed oil to make high quality putty for glass windows, Thinking of Tomorrow has been a fundamental building block in our success. Our Horizon Framework for innovation allows us to focus efforts on short-, medium- and longer-term challenges.
Horizon 1 - Technical support for customers
Our regional technical teams work on solutions to immediate customer problems, supporting process efficiencies and developing functionalities to improve their end products. This daily effort supports our customers and leads to ongoing innovation in our product range.
Horizon 2 - Development programs
With more than a hundred scientists working in our innovation hubs on three continents, and collaborative relationships with academia and business startups, Omya has a strong global innovation pipeline. Our 3 – 5 years development programs focus on the versatility and potential of natural minerals to improve sustainability, functionality and compatibility for market applications.
Horizon 3 - Solving future challenges
At Omya, cross-functional teams focus on solving the long-term issues facing our planet and society. We consider the effects of climate change, population density and resource deficit and ask ourselves, “What do we need to do today to be ready for tomorrow?”
Our purpose is to make life better through our passion for minerals and chemistry. We are bringing this to life by using our expertise to solve the challenges of the future.
