A decade of original design - thanks Jim!

After many, many years as Allen’s friend and colleague, Jim has racked up more than a decade at Origin. Jim Collins gives his top 10 highlights. Of course there have been many more but these were what came to mind on first prompting…

1. Using an Electric train down the garden moving office furniture to the current premises.
2. Initial viewing of foundations of Initial office.
3. Building of meeting room and 2nd office space and spreading next door.
4. Taking over the end unit and developing the workshop.
5. Arrival and installation of Origin’s first prototype machine (FDM).
6. Arrival and moving CNC machine....twice.
7. First tentative steps into Europe (Lyon), start of things to come.
8. Crazy Origin 10 year birthday celebration - in a camper van, go-karting, golfing and bowling plus a ‘few’ beers.
9. Celebrating record year with a fantastic Christmas in Edinburgh.
10. And after all that of…the general social side of mixing with a group of like minded people - bbq's, garden parties, golf, bikes, beer and laugh.
    

Mix in some exciting projects and interesting work – being at Origin makes for the perfect job. Here’s to the future.

Good show…good show!

Medtec 2010 is over long live Medtec 2011… if the quantity of visitors was indicative of the times then this was more than made up for by their quality. It was great to meet up with clients and receive such positive feedback and encouraging to hear what a good job we're doing.
Medtec offered the Origin Product Design team members a fantastic opportunity to talk to people in the Medical Device / Pharma field some of whom didn't realise the extent of our expertise and the services we offer, such as; prototyping, test and verification as well as our creative flair - even though it's all on our website. Proving that is good to talk.
Once again it was great to see that the 'origin purple' branding is paying dividends and visitors were interested in what we do as well as taking advantage of a plentiful supply of big purple chocs.
After such an impressive expo maybe Origin Product Design will be found 'en France' next year too - WATCH THIS SPACE!

Origin Product Design - LIVE at MEDTEC 2010

Thank goodness the Eyjafjallajokull (not easy to pronounce) Volcano has not really affected us.

Day One (featuring; Dick, Neil and Jim) - and a great reception from all we have encountered. Our stand has proved to be inviting and we hope informative. We have been catching up with customers, suppliers and industry news. But more importantly we have been delighted to make some very interesting new contacts. 
So all-in-all Medtec has proved to a positive experience.

Day Two featured - Allen, Edward and James… Another good day meeting more interesting and interested people. Winding up focuses the mind and we look forward to more discussions with those who expressed a desire to get involved with origin.

We look forward to next year's MEDTEC. If you didn't get a chance to talk to any of us at the expo - please feel free to call us on +44 (0)1480 824670 or contact us via our website.

Jeannie and Allen tie the knot - 01/02/2010

An auspicious palindromic date indeed, notably for Origin Product Designs MD Allen and his new bride Jeannie. A bright and cold day kept all the guests dodging the shadows and the cutting wind. Jeannie looked lovely in classic silk gown topped off with a fluffy feather boa. While Allen supported by both his sons appeared very dapper to boot. All who know him, knew this was a very important day and inside he was holding it together. The ceremony was held at Huntingdon Register Office. Followed by a vintage bus ride to the Three Horseshoes in Abbots Ripton for the wedding breakfast. The guests included the Origin team, family and close friends from far and wide. The venue and the celebration was top notch.
Both Jeannie and Allen enjoyed the whole day and evening. They certainly made everyone very welcome.
After a couple of days recovery the happy couple jetted off to Safari in Kenya and then on to Mauritius for the full well deserved honeymoon treatment…

Photoshoot

Friday 13th November 2009
Possibly not the best choice of date to get everyone in the frame, nevertheless, Keith (photographer) and Mark (designer) managed to get most of us in the appropriate places. The reason for all this - our brand new website - coming soon. Watch this space…

Dax Tojeiro. Cobra replica

We're building our very own Cobra replica. Follow our progress on our blog. We're all itching to drive it, but we are going to use all our expertise and attention to detail to make this Cobra a real ORIGINal!

www.daxcars.co.uk
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Engine 5.7 litre Chevy V8, Power 420 bhp, Torque 390 lbs ft, Weight 1100 kg, Airbags – n/a, Crumple zones – n/a, ABS – n/a, Traction Control – n/a, Inertia seat belts – n/a, Power steering – n/a