Category: Latest News

We would like to wish our valued Customers and Suppliers a happy and safe Christmas. 

Our Richlands, Virginia, and Zillmere facilities will be closed from 4:00pm Thursday 7th December 2023, reopening at 8am Monday 11th December 2023, to give our Brisbane team a chance to travel to and enjoy our staff Christmas party in Roma.

Our Roma and Brisbane workshops will be closed as of 4:00pm on Friday 22nd December 2023, and reopening on Tuesday 2nd January 2024. 

Sharpe® will have limited personnel in each of our workshops over the festive period to cater for any urgent machine shop work. We will not have the capacity to accept customer drop-off or collections during the closure period unless pre-arranged.

For any urgent enquiries, please call:

Roma Office:
07 4622 5656

Brisbane Office:
07 3865 4646

Richlands Office:
07 3375 4388

Or email:
enquiries@sharpeengineering.com.au

We value your support and thank you for your business over the last 12 months. From the entire Sharpe Family, we wish you all the best for 2024! 

Warm Regards,

Sharpe® Management & Staff

Sharpe® are thrilled to announce that we have been recognised at the Family Business Association (FBA) Business Excellence Awards winning ‘Established Family Business QLD’.

Each year, this accolade recognises an established family business that exemplifies the principles of governance, entrepreneurship, and stewardship in their operations.

Coinciding with our 28 Year milestone, Sharpe® was presented the award during the FBA’s 25 Year Luncheon. Accepting the award was the 2nd generation of the Sharpe family, Elizabeth Sharpe, Jon Sharpe, and Ellen Bain, who shared,

“We are passionate about family business and everyone at Sharpe® is considered a part of the family.”

We would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate FBA who are celebrating their own 25 Year milestone!  The advice, support and inspiration that you have provided to our organisation and family over this time has been empowering and invaluable. Please keep up the amazing work your team are doing in celebrating Australian family businesses and the remarkable individuals behind them.

“From our first national conference, we were hooked” Ellen says, adding that the FBA “is a great community to be a part of with a diverse range of industries, generations, and inspiring emerging and legacy businesses.”

We would like to congratulate the other nominees, including Queensland Sheet & Steel Pty Ltd who took out the ‘Legacy Family Business Award QLD’. We would also like to thank FBA and the judges who have dedicated their time and expertise to evaluate a number of exceptional nominees all vying for this coveted award.

Sharpe® will now line up with other established family businesses from across Australia competing for the coveted title of ‘Australian Established Family Business of the Year’.

Read more about Sharpe®’s Vision, Mission, and Values HERE.

(L-R) Elizabeth Sharpe, Anne Sharpe, Peter Sharpe, Ellen Bain, Mark Street, Jon Sharpe, Alexa Velasquez.

(L-R) Ellen Bain, Elizabeth Sharpe, FBA Advisor, Marina Skinner, and Anne Sharpe.

(L-R) Mark Street, Elizabeth Sharpe, FBA Chair, Angus Kennard along with FBA CEO, Catherine Sayer, Ellen Bain, Peter Sharpe, Anne Sharpe, Jon Sharpe and Alexa Velasquez.

Ellen, Elizabeth, and Jon accepting the award, presented by Haley Sorgel from Gallagher.

We are pleased to announce that Sharpe Engineering Holdings Pty Ltd (Sharpe®) has acquired Energy Drilling Australia Pty Ltd, trading as Well Control Solutions (WCS).

Well Control Solutions are one of Australia’s largest onshore well control equipment suppliers. The purchase of WCS from Perenti on 1 April 2022, strategically aligns with the growth objectives of our company and will allow Sharpe® to provide a wider range of products and services for our clients in the resources and energy sectors.

With WCS regarded as leaders in their field, this acquisition presents an exciting opportunity for Sharpe® to expand its offering to equipment supply, servicing, spare parts, rental solutions, and recertification of, as well as training in pressure control equipment. This will complement our existing capability in engineering design, repair and manufacturing of drilling, completion and wellhead equipment to API Q1, 5CT, 6A, 7-1 and 16A certification.

Sharpe® will now proudly offer distribution, sales, and service support for well-known brands, including

• INTEGRATED®
• M&M International
• OTECO
• Shandong Longkou
• Reotemp Instruments
• Pacseal Hydraulics
• O’Drill MCM
• BVM Corporation

Sharpe® aims to invest in WCS, strengthening their position in the market. We believe this alignment will create significant growth opportunities for both Sharpe®, WCS and its employees, all of whom will be transferring with the sale. In line with our own company values, together we will continue to provide the excellent service that WCS customers have come to expect. It will be business as usual for WCS with the team continuing to operate from their current location at Richlands and all points of contact to remain the same.

If you have any questions about this exciting news, please contact us at any time.

To our clients and suppliers, we thank you for your ongoing support which has made this acquisition possible. We look forward to introducing you to some of the WCS core products, services and team very soon.

Sharpe® have successfully qualified as a licensee for JFE premium casing and tubing threads. 

Headquartered in Japan, JFE is regarded as an industry leader in the engineering design and supply of premium OCTG (Oil Country Tubular Goods) and is part of JFE Steel Corporation.

Sharpe®’s Virginia facility has been awarded JFE global licence #99 following an extensive audit and qualifying process. Our licencing agreement covers all JFE premium threads and we have qualified for machining of JFE Bear^TM and Fox^TM threaded connections. Our machining capability in Virginia caters for tubing and casing products ranging from 2 3/8” to 20” diameters. Our qualification also covers the strict post-machining thread surface finish requirements of manganese phosphate undertaken in-house.

The addition of JFE premium threading to our Brisbane operation enhances the support offered to both onshore and offshore Oil & Gas Operators and end users.

The advantage of local supply, combined with our engineering capability and technical expertise, will enable Sharpe® to offer clients a faster turn around on local manufacture of critical downhole tools being delivery to the well site.

This licensing complements our existing product range of casing and tubing accessories including:

• Casing Pup Joints
• Tubing Pup Joints
• Blast Joints
• Tubing Swage Crossovers
• Casing Hangers
• Tubing Hangers
• Casing Drive Subs
• Tubing and Casing Haul Subs
• Cementing equipment including Cement Heads, Float Shoes & Float Collars
• Water Bushings
• Repair of casing and tubing JFE threaded connections
• Flow Couplings
• Casing Hanger Run Tools

To find out how Sharpe® can support your premium JFE threading and manufacturing requirements, contact our Brisbane Team:

Ph: 07 4622 5656
enquiries@sharpeengineering.com.au

Two of our superstar employees are celebrating 10 years with Sharpe® this month.

Many of our clients will be familiar with the dulcet tones and welcoming smile of Lyn Joliffe, our receptionist in Roma and first point of contact when you make an inquiry through our website.

Our Business Development Manager and Director Mark van der Westen is equally well known as the man who ensures all our clients needs are met and new clients are made to feel welcome.

Both Lyn and Mark joined the company at a time of rapid expansion a decade ago as we planned and prepared to open our Zillmere and Virginia operations in Brisbane.

We couldn’t have done it without them.

So much has changed in 10 years except for the dedication of our fantastic staff.

Congratulations to both on reaching this milestone.

28-year-old Jordan Webb has been put straight to work manufacturing our signature TorqStopper® range after becoming the newest tradesperson to join the Sharpe® team.

Jordan completed his 4-year apprenticeship as a Fitter and Turner early this year and joins the Sharpe Engineering team at our Zillmere workshop.

Jordan is now part our highly qualified team of nearly 100 staff across the business in Roma, Virginia and Zillmere.

Where possible, we employ locals who want to be part of their community and we are always looking for new ways to improve our systems by investing in more staff training.

Sharpe® has employed more than a 100 apprentices during its 25 years in business and there are currently 22 training with the company.

We’re proud of our apprenticeship program and the fact that training people like Jordan creates employment opportunities and puts expertise back into the community.

Quality people make quality products.

Sharpe® is proud to add the ISO 9001:2015 APIQR qualification to its Quality Management System.

The new American Petroleum Institute (API) qualification adds to the existing API 6A and Q1 certifications at our Virginia facility and the API Q1, API 5CT and API 7-1 at our Roma facility.

ISO 9001:2015 APIQR relates to the design, development, production and servicing of drilling oil field equipment.

The qualification forms an integral part of our business wide Quality Management System and gives our clients the assurance that they are receiving the highest quality components available.

Our quality management team constantly reviews, evaluates, plans and improves our operations and ensures that all our team members form part of that quality process.

You can read more about our focus on quality here.