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Over 50 Years of Volumatic History

From our humble beginnings in 1972 as a security products provider to UK retailers, Volumatic has grown and developed over the years to become one of the world’s leading suppliers of intelligent cash handling equipment. We work with our customers in retail, leisure and banking across the globe and as technology has changed, our products have evolved to meet the ever-growing needs of our customers. Take a look below at some of the milestone moments in Volumatic’s history…

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1972

Volumatic Ltd was incorporated.

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1982

Volumatic purchased by Halma PLC.

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1996

Volumatic acquired Omal Ltd, bringing a range of count-by-weight products into our portfolio.

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2004

Volumatic launched the CountEasy money counting scale.

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2008

Volumatic launched the CounterCache intelligent (CCi).

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2009

Over 25,000 Volumatic CountEasy devices now sold.

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2010

Over 1 million Volumatic CounterCache devices now sold.

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2011

The Volumatic CCi received the Queen’s Award for Innovation.

Wilko became the first major retailer to install the CCi solution across their entire estate.

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2012

Management buyout from Halma PLC took place, supported by NVM Private Equity.

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2013

Morrisons completed their installation of 11,500 CCi cash handling devices across their entire estate.

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2014

The CountEasy TS was launched by Volumatic - the world’s first touchscreen cash counting scale.

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2015

Volumatic sold our 10 millionth TruPouch - meaning over £25 billion had been processed through our CCi solution.

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2016

Over 2,000 cash counting machines sold to the UK banking sector as the new polymer £5 note is launched.

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2017

Volumatic won the award for the ‘Most Innovative In-Store Solution’ for the CCi at the Retail Fraud Awards in the UK.

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2018

Volumatic installed CCi devices into 3,300 Tesco Express stores.

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2019

Volumatic was recognised in The Parliamentary Review as a best practice organisation in the UK private retail sector.

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2020

Volumatic installed 6,700 CCi devices in 2,500 Co-op Food Group stores.

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2021

Volumatic was awarded an Investors in People (IIP) Silver Accreditation.

40,000 CCi devices now sold worldwide.

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2022

Volumatic launched the second generation CountEasy money counting scale.

Volumatic celebrated its 50th Anniversary with an employee party at their HQ and released a 50 years of Volumatic video.

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2023

Volumatic launched their new Secure Cash Trolley, working with retail giant Tesco to produce a "game-changing" trolley with unique speed-locking wheels.