On March 16, 2018, forty-four young Optima employees celebrated their apprenticeship and dual-study graduation at the “Schwanenkult” restaurant in Schwäbisch Hall-Gelbingen.

A very impressive project is currently in the final stages at the division Optima Consumer. In just 11 months, a production line with enormous dimensions was constructed for a customer in Mexico. The length of the machine is just under 65 meters.

Smart Solutions for Pharma experts – this is the Optima Pharma theme at Achema 2018. Small batch sizes and flexible filling equipment and processes are trending requirements for the pharmaceutical industry.

Joachim Dittrich will be the Chief Representative of Optima, as of February 2018. He will be responsible for the development and internationalization, particularly for Optima Consumer, as well as for additional subsidiaries and holdings nationwide and internationally.
 

On December 1, 2017 honorees and recently retired employees met at the Hotel Hohenlohe for a joint celebration.

Sports connects across borders – This sentence has become true regarding the relationship of Optima and American Football. The german team "Schwaebisch Hall Unicorns" win the German Super Bowl for the 3rd time.