ABOUT US

Ornico was established in 1984 by Oresti and Spero Patricios. In 1988 they bought the Drive Video AV studio which included the 1st ad flighted in SA & Newcomers TV library. Over the next few years, a variety of innovative services in radio, print and outdoor were added, and offices opened in Cape Town and Durban. Today, Ornico Media Information is the largest supplier of advertising visual references in South Africa, employing a team of over 50 people. Over the last four years, Ornico has experienced corporate growth of over 35% per annum. Our clients include many of SA’s Top companies.

Future developments include expansion into Africa, fingerprinting of TV ads, the development of MediaTrac and SpotCheque for radio, and an editorial OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system.

Ornico is an independent, privately-owned company based in Gauteng. A 26% BEE equity partnership was finalised in 2006.