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Vacancies - September 2024
• CNC MILLER / TURNER - HYDE, MANCHESTER
• QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR - HYDE, MANCHESTER
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Coleherne Ltd is a privately owned engineering and manufacturing business. We specialise in the design, manufacture and repair of White Metal bearings and the supply of laser cut parts and laminations.
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February 2025
What a Busy Couple of Weeks!
As an engineer based in the UK, I have seen first-hand how Brexit and a non-existent industrial strategy have both failed to create skilled jobs, strengthen communities or drive innovation. At the end of last year, the new UK Government outlined key sectors to focus-on for long-term growth and reverse those past failures. How this is implemented will shape who truly benefits?
Trade Tariff Uncertainty and a UK-EU Reset are here: What about the UK’s Industrial Strategy?
As an engineer based in the UK, I have seen first-hand how Brexit and a non-existent industrial strategy have both failed to create skilled jobs, strengthen communities or drive innovation. At the end of last year, the new UK Government outlined key sectors to focus-on for long-term growth and reverse those past failures. How this is implemented will shape who truly benefits.
January 2025
William Shakespeare and Bearing Innovation
Amongst many other things – mostly working my way through my ‘to do’ list for our new Business Manager – last month I went to Stratford-Upon-Avon. This is the birthplace of William Shakespeare, the most famous poet and playwright in the English language. Usually rammed with tourists, on a gloomy December afternoon, it was remarkably quiet. Anyway, Coleherne Ltd have a few interesting innovations in the pipeline – teaser for later in 2025
Happy New Year to All!
My wife and I are having a few weeks of downtime in Oman.
Thank you to the Crowne Plaza Sohar for looking after us there after the New Year busy period had subsided. The reception team made an excellent recommendation for the Sohar festival. Total immersion, Oman style - cultural, heritage and culinary delights.
December 2024
Coleherne recruits New Business Manager.
Coleherne Ltd has a new Business Manager, John Yeouart FInstSMM. He has extensive experience developing and managing businesses within the Oil & Gas, Marine and Renewable Energy sectors so it was good to work with him 1-on-1 for a couple of days last week.
We reviewed our existing marketing materials and explored in detail some of the new products and services that we intend to bring to market in 2025.
Getting Government working with Greater Manchester hosted at the MMU.
Last Thursday evening I was invited to an event promoting an initiative to get government working with Greater Manchester to support our local SMEs to export. This event was standing room only – I heard that instead of 20% no-shows for this type of thing, 20% more people turned up. Perhaps because our local MP, Business and Trade Secretary (Jonathan Reynolds MP), and Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, were both speaking
21 employers invited to MMU Campus, recruiting for over 30 live vacancies.
Thank you to Avina Cheenibass and team for such a memorable event. It was a great event MMU.
Also, my thanks to all the young engineers who took the time to prepare themselves for the day and then subject themselves to some tough interview questions.
November 2024
Back in the lab at MMU!
Diversification and Innovation
Greater Manchester Electrochemical Hydrogen Cluster (GMEHC) aims to speed up the development and adoption of electrochemical hydrogen technology in businesses across Greater Manchester. They offer local businesses bite-sized innovation workshops to explore and understand the potential of hydrogen as a fuel source for their business.
See more here.
Driving New Products and Services at the Innovation Retreat. Organised by The Growth Company
Greater Manchester - Driving New Products & Services
The Innovation Retreat, organized by The Growth Company and funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF), is designed to help SMEs across Greater Manchester create actionable plans for prototyping and launching new products and services. Each cohort of 15 business or project leaders learns a lean, repeatable innovation process from the experienced team at the Manchester Metropolitan University Business School (MMU). This approach can be applied across the initiative's target sectors: advanced materials, AI, and biomedical.
Last week, the cohort gathered in Wigan for the intensive 2-day residential phase.
Back to the MMU!
This trip to the Manchester Metropolitan University Business School was engaging in many ways.
At the Business School, the focus was on clarifying problem statements and refining value propositions with Dr. Kadja Manninen. These steps are essential in understanding the practical challenges engineering firms face in developing business plans.
October 2024
Coleherne Ltd is proud to support grassroots sports by sponsoring the Cheetham Hill Junior Football Club Under-10s team!
Our finance director, David Morrison, takes on a dual role as both coach and manager, demonstrating his passion for the sport beyond the office.
Even though our workshop seems to be divided between Manchester City Football Club and Manchester United fans, we are all united in backing this city’s next generation of young footballers.
At Coleherne, we believe in fostering talent, teamwork, and community spirit, values that resonate both on and off the football pitch.
September 2024
White Metal Bearing Beyond Economic Repair? – Think Again (Part 2)
You may recall this collection of pinion shaft bearings in the ‘scrapyard’ (the customer’s term, not ours) and the great job we did repairing one of these 320mm diameter pinion shaft bearings?
The Coleherne Ltd white metal bearing repair team, based at the Hydro Middle East LLC facility in Oman, reverse engineered then refurbished one of these complex bearings on an urgent basis for a cement works in the region.
We are pleased to introduce two young engineers at Coleherne Ltd.
Louis Ratcliffe a Technical Sales Engineer. He has been with our Laser Division since 2018 after completing a BTEC in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering. Louis has experience across the laser production process and now works in technical sales, customer relations, purchasing, and CAD-CAM.
Luke Taylor a Production Engineer in our Bearings Division. He first joined Coleherne in 2017 and returned in 2024 after completing a Business Management and Marketing degree at Leeds University. Luke now supports our workshop manager with production planning in the white metal bearing division.
The laser division at Coleherne Ltd are really pleased to have been helpful in getting SoilSafe Ltd some critical parts for their forklift.
This was an urgent request for laser cutting with a premium next-day turnaround. Our services included laser cutting, drilling, and milling. We met the delivery targets, ensuring the customer received their prototype in time for the exhibition.
Always happy to help a local company to succeed. 👍
August 2024
White Metal Bearing Beyond Economic Repair? – Think Again (Part 1)
Looking at this collection of pinion shaft bearings in the ‘scrapyard’ (the customer’s term, not ours), you would think they were indeed scrap.
The Coleherne Ltd white metal bearing repair team, based at the Hydro Middle East LLC facility in Oman, reverse engineered then refurbished this complex bearing for a cement works in the region.
Showcasing Custom Laser Cut Parts for Landscaping, Architecture, and Structural Projects
We recently had the pleasure of collaborating with a local fabricator to bring their unique vision to life.
Tasked with designing a bespoke set of steel gates that truly stand out, our Laser Division in Hyde delivered results that exceeded expectations—combining strength, functionality, and aesthetics.
July 2024
Pump Bearing Repair – Qatar
Here is a 5” diameter Dodge combined journal and thrust bearing that the Coleherne Ltd bearing repair team recently refurbished at the Hydro Middle East LLC maintenance facility in Oman for an OEM pump service company based in Qatar.
White Metal Bearing Training
Our technical support engineer, Paul Salloway, delivered a great seminar of white metal bearing technology on behalf of Hydro, Inc. and Hydro Middle East LLC last Wednesday.
If you would like to know more about our offering for face to face training in the UK, EU or USA then please look here: https://lnkd.in/eAkmSVcC or for our online training here: https://lnkd.in/gkt8Grzg
Free Webinar ‘White Metal (Babbitt) Bearings’ on 3rd July
White Metal bearings form a critical part of your rotating plant and machinery. The consequences of “getting it wrong” are significant. Coleherne Ltd offers specialist training courses for engineers, technicians, mechanical engineering fitters and operational maintenance staff.
June 2024
Tilting Pad Journal Bearing Repairs In Oman
Another top-class bearing repair project from the Hydro Coleherne team in Oman.
Based at the Hydro Middle East LLC's plant in Samail, our Coleherne Ltd engineers have just completed a full refurbishment of this 290mm diameter tilting pad journal bearing and a 260mm diameter combined tilting pad journal and tilting thrust pad bearing.
Coleherne Ltd ISO-9001 Certificate of Registration
We are making our latest ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certificate of Registration from BSI available to our partners across the energy, power generation and industrial markets both at home and abroad.
This achievement underscores our unwavering commitment to quality and customer service in every aspect of our business.
April 2024
White Metal Bearing Training At South Humber Bank Power Station
During a recent overhaul, the engineering team at the EPUKI South Humber Bank Power Station recognised the need for some training for their technicians in white metal bearings.
March 2024
White Metal Bearing Training At Stanlow Oil Refinery
Coleherne Ltd has just completed our third of our series of two-day training course on the theory and practical fitting of white metal bearings
September 2023
Tameside Means Business!
The #Tameside Means Business team enjoyed a captivating visit at the ground-breaking Hyde-based engineering global company Coleherne Ltd alongside sales engineer Stephen Carrington-Ward.
Coleherne, who have a facility in Oman, draws on over 100 years of engineering expertise to provide a complete refurbishment and remanufacturing service for white metal bearings, and they supply bearings to all the major global rotating plant equipment manufacturers from the UK.
Dan, James & John proudly showing their medals for an amazing achievement.
July 2023
The Christie Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride
Dan, James and John from the bearing repair section at Coleherne Ltd successfully completed The Christie Charity Manchester to Blackpool bike 2023. 60 miles of pedalling in blazing sunshine and pouring rain – a typical summers day in England. Why not visit our Just Giving page in the story and donate to this worthy cause?
May 2023
25.5” dia x 34” Motor Bearing Manufacture - Legacy bearing replacement
Coleherne Ltd recently completed the manufacturing of a very large ring lubricated white metal bearing for an export order from a major UK original equipment manufacturer.
White Metal Bearing Training With Essar’s Mechanical Engineering Maintenance Technicians at Stanlow Oil Refinery
Coleherne Ltd have just completed a wide-ranging and in-depth two-day training course on the theory and practical fitting of white metal bearings for a group of mechanical engineering maintenance technicians at Essar Oil (UK) Limited's Stanlow refinery. This course is the 1st of a series of 3 schedules courses this summer to prepare Essar’s engineering team for an upcoming maintenance period later in the year.
April 2023
Hydro - Coleherne Middle East respond to emergency gearbox repair over a weekend
Great to see the #oman based team from Coleherne Ltd and Hydro Middle East reacting in such a positive way to support this customer's critical repair over this weekend. We look forward to making them some spare bearings in the next few months.
Manufacturing of Complex White Metal Parts
We recently manufactured a Hydrogen Seal at our Hyde works in Manchester for a major European power station.
Please contact our UK and Middle East teams for further details.
January 2023
We are pleased to confirm that Coleherne’s JV With Hydro in Oman is now fully operational.
Hydro Coleherne LLC can now service (Repair and New) all types of White Metal Bearings from our facility in Samail (near Muscat) – Supporting clients across the Middle East and North Africa
Our presentation you can see here gives some detail on our services.
Face-to-Face Bearing Training For Engineers - Dec 2022
We have had a great end to 2022 with a training course recently conducted with our partners Hydro, Inc. in the USA.
NEW Oman Website
You can visit this here www.hydro-coleherne.com
White Metal Bearings highlight
• White Metal Gearbox Bearing Failure LinkedIn discussion - October 2022
LinkedIn is a great online forum for discussing and learning about white metal bearing failures.
NEW : Training across the GCC (The Arab States of the Gulf)
NEW • We are now able to offer Hands-On White Metal Bearing Training expertise across the GCC
MD Jeremy Taylor’s Visit to London - January 2022
Renewable Energy Projects
Laser Cutting
Training Course at Sizewell B
• Course instructed by Coleherne’s Paul Salloway at EDF's Sizewell B Technical Training Centre
