Orion MIS Press & Media

Fast facts

Not an integrator. A British technology house.

Orion MIS designs, builds, codes and supports its own automation in West Sussex: the Helix sorter, the HeliOS software and the controls that run them.

2019

Founded by Danny Grigg

40

People, all UK based

13,000

Items/hr peak · Project Jupiter, APC Overnight

20,000

Parcels/hr single-line Helix capacity

200 mm

Gap between parcels on Helix

6 weeks

Order to go-live, at its fastest

HeliOS · warehouse operating system

An operating system, not middleware.

HeliOS runs the whole warehouse from one place: planning, scaling, flow, people, costs, maintenance and the automation itself. Built by engineers, made for the operators and ground team who run the site every day.

Not a WCS bolt-on

Most warehouse control software is custom middleware, built for one site and changed only by specialists. HeliOS is a product, the same on every site, configured by the operator without code.

AI built on engineering knowledge

The AI works from Orion's own knowledge base: the faults, drawings, maintenance history and site experience of the team that builds the machines. It supports the team; the experience is Orion's.

Runs Orion and third-party kit

Native on Helix, and connects to Siemens and Beckhoff PLCs, Interroll conveyors and AMR fleets. Live at APC Overnight's Cannock hub, controlling the Jupiter line.

See HeliOS →

HeliOS digital twinLive 3D model of the line, with alarms

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Spokesperson

Danny GriggFounder, Orion MIS
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Danny Grigg founded Orion MIS in 2019. The company designs and builds parcel sortation and warehouse automation for UK carriers, fulfilment operators and manufacturers, and runs its quoting, design and project delivery on its own AI-assisted systems.

Danny comments on parcel logistics, warehouse automation, and how small British firms use AI and automation to compete with global suppliers. He is available for interview, live or recorded, at short notice.

07923 913445 [email protected]

Danny can talk about

01 · Parcels

How a parcel gets sorted at peak

What happens between the van and the door, why some depots cope at Christmas and others don't, and what gaps, rates and induction mean in practice.

02 · AI in small firms

What AI adoption looks like inside an SME

How a 40-person company quotes, designs and deploys software in days instead of weeks, and what that means for UK productivity.

03 · British technology

Building automation in Britain

Why most UK warehouse automation is imported, what it costs operators, and what a UK-built alternative changes.

Footage

Orion systems running live.

Live site footage first, then the full library. Broadcast-quality originals and on-site filming can be arranged through Danny.

Jupiter running live · mixed parcelsAPC Overnight, Cannock · Helix + HeliOS · Oct 2026

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Jupiter running live · tyres and irregularsAPC Overnight, Cannock · Helix + HeliOS · Oct 2026

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Photography

Images, free to use with credit.

Credit: Orion MIS. Larger originals for print on request.

Parcels flowing on the Jupiter Helix line at APC Overnight, Cannock — **Jupiter live · full line**APC Overnight · Cannock · Oct 2026
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Parcels on the Jupiter line during a live shift — **Jupiter live · shift running**APC Overnight · Cannock · Oct 2026
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A large flat item and cartons on the Jupiter line — **Jupiter live · mixed freight**Flat items, cartons, tyres
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Tyres and cartons sorting on the Jupiter line — **Jupiter live · tyres**Non-standard items on one line
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Overhead view of the Jupiter sort hall — **Jupiter live · overhead**Sort hall and outfeeds
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Jupiter sort hallAPC Overnight · Cannock

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Helix pivot wheelsSteerable wheel sorter

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Helix sort banksRunning on the Jupiter line

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Scan tunnelOrion-built scan and induction

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Helix sort moduleBuilt at Orion, West Sussex

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HeliOS digital twinOrion's own control software

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HeliOS chute board showing rate and blockages — **HeliOS chute board**Live rate and fault view
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Jupiter line, 13,000 items per hour peak — **Jupiter · 13,000/hr**Peak rate graphic
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Helix in buildOrion factory, West Sussex

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About Orion MIS

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Orion MIS is a British technology house based in West Sussex. Founded in 2019, the company designs, builds, codes and supports its own warehouse automation, including the Helix parcel sorter and HeliOS control software. Helix steers parcels on pivoting wheels with 200 mm gaps between items; at APC Overnight's Cannock hub, the Jupiter line peaks at 13,000 items an hour on mixed freight. Orion employs 40 people and offers its systems to buy outright, or to pay for monthly or per parcel.

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Customers and live sites

APC OvernightParcel network	Project Jupiter: Helix and HeliOS at Cannock, peaking at 13,000 items/hr on mixed freight.
WhistlFulfilment · Wellingborough	Full sortation programme with booms, outfeeds, pack lines and HeliOS.
AmazonE-commerce fulfilment	Ten SLAM lines and a pick tower in a live fulfilment centre.
An PostNational postal service	Parcel induction and belt-ball sorting.
ExpeditorsGlobal 3PL	Carrier palletising cell and pick-to-light goods-to-person.
Denso · Octopus Energy · Gompels · Tate & LyleManufacturing · energy · healthcare · food	Robotic palletising, an AMR fleet live three days after order, a multipack line, food-grade conveyors.

Orion for journalists and producers.

Not an integrator. A British technology house.

An operating system, not middleware.

How a parcel gets sorted at peak

What AI adoption looks like inside an SME

Building automation in Britain

Orion systems running live.

Images, free to use with credit.

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On deadline? Call Danny direct.