Have a great bank holiday weekend!
Have a great bank holiday weekend!
Coleman Milne
Wigan Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2EE. United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1942
815600 Fax: +44 (0)1942 81511
Email: cmsales@woodall-nicholson.co.uk
Web: www.coleman-milne.co.uk
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Chorley Guardian’s latest issue features an article about our very own Sales and Marketing Director Geoff Hudson. Follow the link bellow and enjoy the read.
Mellor is present at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show. Come see our brand new low floor, single step entry coach built on the Eberspacher stand in Hall 5, stand E60.
Mellor is one of the industry’s oldest established and leading manufacturers of specialist passenger carrying vehicles, with a tradition going back over 50 years at Rochdale.
Tom Mellor, a Rochdale Ford car dealer, founded what is now Mellor Coachcraft in the 1960s. His workshop originally built commercial vehicles such as vans and tipper trucks, but Tom was a member of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and through that organisation he was approached by customers who wanted him to diversify into minibuses. The first was a Ford Transit for North West Water in 1965, but others for Manchester social services soon followed. The business prospered and within 10 years Tom had built the premises, since then extended with a paint shop and offices that Mellor Coachcraft occupies today. Mellor’s place in the history of the UK bus industry was assured when it became a key supplier to Transit Holdings during the minibus revolution of the mid to late 1980’s. Today, this vibrant business is part of the privately owned Woodall Nicholson Group and prides itself on the quality of product and service it delivers to its targeted local authority customers.
The Woodall Nicholson Group has a £20m turnover and employs around 170 people. There are three distinct businesses: Coleman Milne, Mellor Coachcraft and Mellor Vancraft. Specialist coachbuilder Coleman Milne based at Woodall Nicholson’s headquarters in Westhoughton, Bolton continues to build bespoke hearses and limousines using the latest technology combined with traditional craft skills such as woodworking, cabinet making, and upholstery. Ford, Mercedes Benz and other brands are used and there is also an Emergency Services division that has build thousands of units from prisoner transfer, riot control to Police dog handling vehicles.
A dedicated van conversion facility was opened at Westhoughton 13 years ago, in a new factory build on land adjacent to Coleman Milne. Mellor Vancraft has two seven stage production lines with inspection pits and a paint shop.
Over the years, Mellor Coachcraft has developed specialist expertise in the manufacture of accessible buses. Today, the company is the acknowledged market leader in the supply of accessible vehicles to local authorities and user group’s across the UK and is one of the largest engineering based employers in Rochdale.
Build quality is promoted by a senior management team, who have worked in the industry all their lives. Many staff has spent most of their working lives with Mellor. Like Mr David Clegg who has been working in the sales office since 1965 or Mr Geoff Hudson that started working in the factory at the age of 16 as an apprentice coach builder and is now one of the owners of the company.
The current product range varies from Iveco Daily, Mercedes Sprinter and Vario, Fiat Ducato and Volkswagen Crafter. Whether you need one or a hundred vehicles, 3 or 33 seats, Mellor Coachcraft has the know how, production resources and finishing skills to offer you the vehicles with the best whole-life cost in the industry. At Mellor, it’s not merely a slogan, but an overriding philosophy that drives the company forward – a philosophy that keeps customers coming back again and again. With most things in life, if you put a lot in, you get a lot out. Mellor Vehicles are no exception. With quality built in at every stage of production, it’s no surprise that Mellor vehicles go on performing well for the whole of their considerable lifetime.
The Directors of Woodall Nicholson Ltd, of which Mellor Coachcraft is a part, are disappointed with an article that has appeared in this week’s edition of Bus & Coach Buyer. The article is not factually correct and we are seeking a further statement in next week’s magazine to address this .
Whilst Mellor Coachcraft has made a small number of redundancies, the final paragraph is misleading. The Woodall Nicholson group changed it’s working week 2 years ago at which time all manufacturing divisions moved the 38 hour contracted week into a four day working period. This was done at the request of our employees and with their total consent. In taking this action, we did not reduce the overall hours worked.
Also, in line with many other supplier companies taking an extended Christmas shutdown, we did consider this, however, due to the current strong order book and committed customer deliveries, we decided not to take this action. Mellor, in line with the rest of the group, will close on Christmas eve and re-open on the 4th January.
If anyone has any concerns about Mellor or the misleading article published, please call Geoff Hudson directly on 07831 121158 to discuss.
Mellor are proud to supply Caerphilly County Borough Council with 2 new Iveco Van conversions.
The new council run ’Connect 2′ project is funded by the European Agricultural fund for rural developement, providing transport between Draethern and Caerphilly.
The 2 new 15 seat additions will add to the the councils current fleet and will be used to fulfil various council needs replacing the bus service currently used.
All at Mellor wish Caerphilly County Borough council the very best with their new additions and thank them for their continued business.
This years Aviemore show was a huge success for Mellor, we thank all who attended and hope they didn’t get too wet!
Mellor is pleased to announce they have now achieved Full National Type Approval on the Fiat coachbuilt displayed at the show. Should you require further details on this please email mcsales@woodall-nicholson.co.uk or alternativley call our sales office on 01706 860610
Mellor are proud to announce the arrival of The European Whole Vehicle Directive 2007/46 as last amended by EC Regulation 79/2009 to National Small Series.
This covers over 40 system approvals including EC Regulation 107.02 Bus and Coach with approval to the disabled access requirements.
Mellor are the first manufacturer of this type of vehicle to meet the approval level. Each vehicle is now issued by Mellor with a certificate of conformity to allow registration. For more information please contact the Mellor sales team on 01706 860610 or alternatively email mcsales@woodall-nicholson.co.uk
Here are the first pictures of the new sloping floor Iveco from Mellor in build. At present the company offers two floor arrangements. Both the stepped floor arrangement and flat floor through options incorporate 4 steps within the vehicles.
The new sloping floor option has only three steps with the sloping floor feature making the vehicle easier for clients to access and manoeuvre wheelchairs.
Mellor expect the new addition to be available early June.
The new improved B Pillar on the Iveco daily from Mellor has received praise from its users. By slimming down the B Pillar Mellor have reduced blind spot problems and increased visibility for the driver.
The first of the modified B pillar’s have been fitted to East Ridings vehicles and will now come as standard.
