Olmec Advanced Materials Ltd – Company Profile

Olmec Advanced Materials are named after the Central American Olmec civilisation.

We took on this name as we believe it reflects our values and aims as a company. Here’s why:

The Olmec Civilisation – A little piece of history

The Olmecs were based around the Bay of Campeche in latter day Mexico, near the towns of La Venta and San Lorenzo.The Olmecs were very innovative people; they were the first Central American people to have a written form of communication. They traded in ceramics, even supplying other areas such as Honduras (~600km to the south) with their artifacts. They were also incredible builders, constructing pyramids and the renowned enormous clay heads which could be up to 3m tall.

The Olmec pre-classical civilisation preceded the better-known Maya, Toltec and Aztec periods, beginning around 1200BC. The Olmec people were in control of their region for nearly 1000 years, before the Maya civilisation became dominant.

Olmec Advanced Materials Philosophy

The Olmec people excelled in monumental architecture and sculpting. We aim to succeed in sculpting of our own, creating quality products for our clients. Over the last four decades, we have built up a strong reputation for this high quality and for our rapid delivery times.

At the heart of our philosophy is effective communication, which we believe is one of the key principles for success in all aspects of life. We strive to build solid foundations of friendship with our customers.

Carbon & Graphite Products

Olmec Advanced Materials Ltd are one of the largest independent graphite machine workshops in Europe. The company has been supplying graphite and carbon products for four decades. The vast experience we have gained over this period helps us to provide effective solutions for our customers. The machining and supply of these products is carried out in our machining workshop in Garstang, and all administrative functions revolve around our Sheffield offices.

Stabilite

In 1995 Olmec began using our expertise in the field of high temperature insulating ceramics and developed stabilite. This material has been used extensively as an alternative product for carbon and in some cases, graphite for high temperature applications.

Diamond Products – Diamond & Cubic Boron Nitride

In 1995, Olmec Advanced Materials began production of diamond tooling materials.

We supply a range of diamond and CBN tools, principally electroplated, resin bonded, metal bonded and polycrystalline products.

Surelight Electroluminescent & L.E.D Products

Our Sheffield headquarters also hosts the sales and marketing of our newest venture, Surelight.

For information on Surelight please visit the Surelight website at www.surelight.com.