company profile
Omega Fine Products – simple solution for the coatings industry
Sometimes the answer to the most complex problems is hiding in front of you. Omega Fine Products, backed by a strong leadership team, offers simple solutions to the coatings industry when it needs it most.
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he company we know today as Omega Fine Products was purchased from founder Garry Burgess in 2015. Burgess started the company to supply the paint industry. His sheer determination was the driving force behind the business’s growth. When he eventually decided to sell his business, it allowed for the new owners of Omega Fine Products to increase production and management capacity, allowing the company to grow its business, stock and service levels. Since the takeover, the company’s management structure has evolved boasting a carefully selected team to deliver on its industry promises. Sias
Blignaut, started in the group during 2008 as an accountant. He joined Omega as general manager in 2017. He has a strong financial, IT and sales background. Thomas Rukaramato, production and quality control manager, joined Omega in 2007 and has a diploma in Biological Technology and a certificate in Scientific Technology. The third member of Omega’s management team is Michael Thomson who joined the company in 2018 as head of sales and marketing. Thomson has a BSc Hon Degree in Polymer Sciences from the University of Stellenbosch but his passion lies in sales and marketing. Each of them brings something
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unique to the company’s offering. Blignaut loves problem solving and solution finding. He is goal orientated, driven and very passionate about the business and its staff. Rukaramato strives to deliver high-end quality products, is goal driven and a team player while Thomson is passionate about his work, ensuring client satisfaction and is also goal driven. The team and business is supported by Western Investment Company – a business with its roots in the Western Cape and interests in clay brick making, as well as in mining, farming, biotechnology and tourism throughout South Africa and Namibia. This backbone enables Omega Fine Products to source raw
