Covid-19 response
Amid the continued spread of Covid-19, we would like to reassure our customers and suppliers of the steps that we have taken to ensure it remains “business as usual” at Occo Coolers Telford Ltd.
Extra measures have been implemented to ensure our already high hygiene standards are adhered to and hand washing and social distancing protocols are being followed as recommended by the Government.
External meetings are being postponed and only authorised personnel are allowed into our premises.
Our stock levels are operating as normal and we are in close contact with our suppliers to ensure we can keep our supply chain maintained in order to fulfil all outstanding and incoming orders.
We are continually reviewing the emerging picture in these unprecedented times. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our customers and suppliers good health.
New 'adventure' for Occo Coolers
From space exploration to off shore drilling, Occo coolers can appear in the most interesting of places – and now we can add a theme park to the list!
We recently supplied an NCPE51 from our range of offline pumped coolers to the Movie Park Germany, a theme park in Bottrop, which will be used at its Lost Temple adventure.
The 4D dinosaur attraction offers visitors the chance to explore the sights, sounds and smells of an archaeology expedition.
In the past 12 months, Occo coolers have made their way onto a recycled baler machine destined for Nigeria, X-ray inspection equipment manufactured in Spain and to a subsea services specialist in Australia.
Managing Director Allan Cunningham said: “It’s always interesting to hear where our range of air blast oil and water coolers end up. We have recently sent our first cooler into the Middle East so that was great to add another continent and country to our list.”
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Global reach for Occo coolers
While many manufacturing SMEs are gearing up to shift their export focus outside of Europe when Britain finally leaves the EU, here at Occo Coolers we’re way ahead of the game!
In the last six months, Occo coolers have been shipped to Ghana, Peru, the USA, Australia, Mexico and Dubai (via a customer in Texas) as well as other far-flung corners of the globe.
Although we’re making our mark across several continents, our air blast oil and water coolers also remain in demand at home and in Europe, says Joint Managing Director Allan Cunningham.
“The export market is a growing part of our business and, although we’ve been supplying Occo coolers across the world for many years, it’s always satisfying when we despatch a cooler to a new destination or are able to replace a worn out cooler that may have been supplied decades ago, as we did recently for a customer in South America.
“It’s also interesting to find out which sector our products are ending up in such as mining, offshore or even space exploration.”
Allan added: “Even post Brexit we anticipate a lot of continuing custom from Europe as we have long established relationships with our customers in the Eurozone.
“As an SME, we have the flexibility to offer bespoke products to meet our customers’ specific requirements and can work to tight timescales if necessary, which is part of our USP and why we get lots of repeat business from our worldwide customer base.”
Hydraulics & Pneumatics:
If you're browsing the latest edition of Hydraulics and Pneumatics, you might spot the Occo story on page 8 about how we're facing the challenge of Brexit head on. With the strong Euro, it's a good time for our foreign customers to be doing business with us!
If you can't pick up a copy of the magazine, here's our story:
Reaction to the Autumn Statement:
News that the Government is pumping money into a series of infrastructure projects – as announced by Philip Hammond in his Autumn Statement – is good news for manufacturing companies like Occo.
In his first, and as it turns out last, Autumn briefing, the Chancellor revealed an extra £1.1bn for investment in English local transport networks, £220m to reduce traffic pinch points, £23bn to be spent on innovation and infrastructure over five years, £2bn per year by 2020 for research and development funding and £110m for East West Rail and to deliver the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway.
Our range of air blast oil and water coolers often play an integral part on hydraulic equipment that is used on infrastructure projects, such as Crossrail, the new high frequency, high capacity railway for London and the South East.
We have also supplied coolers to many major universities, to support exciting research and development work.
Although the overall potential growth forecast has been downgraded, with the Government’s commitment to increased funding for export opportunities, it seems there will be opportunities for manufacturing SMEs like us in the near future.
Not your average customer:
It may look like a creation from a sci-fi movie but the Mantis is a real feat of British engineering that we are very proud to have been a part of.
The Mantis Hexapod Walking Machine is a 2.2 litre turbo diesel powered, 5m diameter walking machine that can be operated either on-board or remote via a WiFi link.
Matt Denton from Micromagic Systems Ltd, who spent four years developing Mantis, approached us to provide a cooling solution for the hydraulic system, which is crucial to the operation.
As 1,900kg walking machines aren’t the kind of thing we deal with every day, our Sales Manager Ron Sherred visited Matt and his team in Winchester to work out the best cooling solution for the Mantis.
We then took one of our standard T Range coolers and modified it so it could cope with the demands of the Mantis and provide an effective cooling solution.
Matt Denton: “Ron was a great help in specifying the cooler and whenever I needed technical assistance he was happy to oblige. We were glad to have Occo Coolers Telford on board.”
Occo’s Allan Cunningham: “We are delighted to have been able to help in the creation of the Mantis. It is a staggering feat of engineering and a sight to behold in operation.”
Occo is an official sponsor of the Mantis. For more information go to www.mantisrobot.com and Facebook.
The right formula for Formula 1:
More and more of the Formula 1 Teams are turning to Occo Coolers for their cooling solutions.
In the hush-hush world of Grand Prix racing, even we don't know where our products are being used although the phrase 'Kinetic Energy Recovery System' (KERS) might give us a clue.
But one by one the top teams have been in contact leaving us with a dilemma - who do we support on the track?
We're just be happy to be associated with them all and will remain firmly in neutral!