AC/DC motor specialists.
Dedicated to top-tier fast service, we craft solutions that put you first.
Since 1959
Electric Motor Repair Specialists — Bristol-Based, Trusted Nationwide.
When your motor stops, so does your business. Mawdsleys BER provides expert electric motor repair, rewind and overhaul services from our fully equipped workshop in Bristol, with a mobile team available for on-site work across the UK. AC motors, DC motors, ATEX/Ex motors, generators and pumps — repaired, rewound or manufactured, all in-house.
Rotating Electrical
Equipment Specialists
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What Our Clients Have to Say
The entire team a Mawdsleys offered and subsequently completed an exceptional service re an overhaul request from a DC armature unit . Throughout, communication was excellent and timelines where met. Wouldn’t hesitate to return and completely recommend Mawdsleys BER.
Admiral Harding Ltd have used Mawdsleys for many years. They have always given our company great attention to detail, a good, reliable service in providing fast turn-around of repairable items such as motor overhauls and rewinds, supply of new items and they continue to offer their support and advice on all relative matters when asked. For the service received to date, we would not hesitate in recommending Mawdsleys, now and in the future.
Cressall Resistors have been working in conjunction with Mawdsleys since 2008, mainly in having 24KW DC Motors repaired from an overhaul program of works on ex-British Rail Class 91 Blower Assemblies fitted to Cressall/ex-Eaton Cutler Hammer Rheo Brake Resistors. Mawdsleys have always given great attention to detail and good service in providing fast turnaround of repairable items and continue to offer their support and advice on all relative matters when asked.
Through our relationship with Peter Woodward and Paul Pearce, we can happily testify that we have found them to be an excellent business partner to work with and have always delivered on their commitments. I would have no hesitation in recommending Mawdsleys for any future business partnership.
This is why
1. Speed of service
Reducing your downtime is our main priority. That’s why, from the moment you call to the final report, we move fast. No delays. Just results.
2. High-quality service
With over 100 years experience, we’ve built a reputation on precision, excellence, and constant improvement. You expect the best—we deliver it.
3. One-stop shop
The vast experience of our staff, combined with our state-of-the-art workshop, provide us with flexibility. We do not only repair – we manufacture.
4. ATEX motors specialists
Repairing all types of ATEX motors. We are an AEMT Ex Registered Repairer recognised for our quality systems and professional repair standards.
Who we are
Mawdsleys BER has been repairing electric motors since 1959, originally as Bristol Electrical Repairs. Today we’re a full-service provider for rotating electrical equipment — covering repair, rewinds, design and manufacture, noise and vibration testing, motor balancing, and sales — with decades of hands-on experience across rail, marine, defence and industrial sectors.
Electric motor repair in Bristol — and across the UK
Our fully equipped workshop is based in Bristol, where the majority of repairs, rewinds and manufacturing take place. If you’re searching for electric motor repair near you in Bristol or the South West, you can bring your motor directly to us or arrange collection.
Outside the region, our nationwide courier network and mobile site-services team mean location is rarely a barrier — we regularly work with customers across the whole of the UK, and internationally on specialist naval and marine applications.