Colloide Engineering Systems

What Colloide Engineering Systems does

Colloide Engineering Systems is a privately held UK engineering services company headquartered in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, delivering design, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance services across water treatment, energy solutions, and facilities engineering. The company operates primarily under full turnkey EPCM arrangements and specialist subcontractor roles for UK and Irish municipal clients, water utilities (Scottish Water, Severn Trent Water, SUEZ), local authorities (South Tyneside, Fife, Sligo County), and university estates (Bloomsbury Heat and Power Consortium), generating revenue through project-based contracts secured via competitive tendering and principal-contractor partnerships.

Its core technical offering is built on three service lines (municipal and industrial water treatment, district heating and biomass energy, and facilities engineering) underpinned by proprietary technologies including modular/containerised energy centres that factory-assemble MEICA systems for off-site delivery, the DUO Wave-Powered Desalination System co-developed with Sea Potential, standardised chemical dosing rigs for UK utilities, and an advanced digestate treatment system claiming 95% ammonia removal developed with Queen's University Belfast under a Knowledge Transfer Partnership. The company invests in R&D with public-sector partners including Invest NI and the Department for the Economy, and won the 2025 Mid Ulster Business Awards Innovation Award.

The business model is professional-services driven: quote-based project pricing with no public price list, executed through enterprise field sales and direct tendering. Geographic reach covers Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, and the Republic of Ireland. The firm is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity, operating with a headcount in the 11-50 range and over two decades of operating history.

Name

Colloide Engineering Systems

Legal name

Colloide

Website

https://colloide.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Colloide Engineering Systems is a privately held UK EPCM engineering contractor delivering water treatment, energy, and facilities engineering services to water utilities, local authorities, and university estates across the UK and Ireland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Services

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management & General Contracting (EPCM, Scheduling, QA/QC, HSE) (EUAMAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE), Desalination Plant EPC, O&M & Performance Optimization (EUANAFAK), Combined Cycle & Cogeneration (CHP) EPC (EUAEAAAB)

Keywords

• Water treatment solutions
• Energy solutions engineering
• Facilities engineering services
• Process engineering solutions
• District heating networks

Headquarters

HQ city

Cookstown

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering Project Services: Colloide generates revenue through full turnkey project management (EPCM roles) and specialist subcontractor services. This includes design, construction, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of water treatment, energy, and facilities engineering systems. Revenue is project-based, typically involving long-term contracts with municipalities, water companies, and government bodies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Colloide Engineering Systems provides design, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance services for water treatment, energy, and facilities engineering systems. The company delivers full turnkey EPCM project management or specialist subcontractor services for municipalities, water companies, local authorities, government bodies, and industrial clients across the UK and Ireland. It also develops proprietary technologies including modular/containerised energy centres, the DUO wave-powered desalination system, standardised chemical dosing systems, and advanced digestate treatment technology.

Product overview

Colloide Engineering Systems is an engineering services company offering a portfolio of sustainable process engineering solutions with three core service areas: Water Treatment (municipal and industrial), Energy Solutions (district heating, heat recovery, biomass), and Facilities Engineering. The company also develops proprietary technologies including modular/containerised energy centres that pre-assemble MEICA systems for faster deployment, the DUO Wave-Powered Desalination System for wave energy-based water production, standardised chemical dosing systems for water utilities, and advanced digestate treatment technology for agricultural waste processing. Projects include lamella separator installations, leachate treatment plants, and district heating networks with integrated heat pumps and renewable energy sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water Treatment Solutions (Municipal)

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,035 tonnes of carbon avoided annually and approximately £500,000 in fuel cost savings per year from Viking Energy Network Jarrow project
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Queen's University BelfastcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKnowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) collaboration to bring new products to the anaerobic digestion market. The partnership demonstrates Colloide's commitment to innovation and academic collaboration in developing advanced digestate treatment technology.
• Invest NIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorthern Ireland's economic development agency partnering with Colloide on innovation projects, supporting the development of proprietary technologies and sustainable engineering solutions.
• Department for the EconomycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorthern Ireland government department supporting innovation in sustainable engineering through collaborative partnerships with companies like Colloide.
• Sea PotentialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the development of the DUO Wave-Powered Desalination System - a sustainable water treatment solution for remote coastal areas and aquacultural sector using wave energy to power reverse osmosis desalination.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering consultancy with significant UK/Ireland water and treatment infrastructure practices. Competes for the same utility and municipal tenders Colloide targets, but with substantially larger bench capacity.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering consultancy with a large UK water and energy practice. Competes with Colloide for water utility framework and district-heating commissions at the larger end of the public-sector market.

Direct peers

• Ward & Burke Construction: Ireland-based civil and MEICA contractor specialising in water and wastewater infrastructure for Uisce Éireann and local authorities. Overlaps with Colloide on Irish wastewater plant work (e.g., Cliffoney WwTW executed for Sligo County Council).
• EPS Group: Ireland-headquartered water and wastewater engineering specialist delivering design-build and process solutions for municipal and industrial clients. Comparable in geography, customer type (utilities, local authorities) and EPCM service offering.
• North Midland Construction PLC: UK civil engineering and MEICA contractor in the water utility sector; Colloide's principal contractor collaborator on the Mattersey Thorpe STW project. Comparable scope, geography and customer base.
• Doosan Enpure: Specialist EPC contractor for advanced water and wastewater treatment plants serving UK utilities. Directly comparable in focus on municipal water infrastructure EPC, chemical dosing and process optimisation.
• Bridges Electrical Engineers: UK MEICA and electrical engineering contractor active in the water and energy sectors; cited by Colloide as a 'trusted intelligent engineering partner'. Direct peer in scope, technical capability (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation) and project delivery model.
• Trant Engineering: UK MEICA / process engineering contractor delivering water, energy and industrial infrastructure projects in the same geographies and with overlapping customer base. Colloide lists Trant as a collaborative project partner, indicating highly comparable capabilities and contract sizes.
• Glan Agua: Ireland/U.K. MEICA contractor delivering water and wastewater treatment plants for public-sector clients. Listed by Colloide as a construction collaboration partner, indicating near-identical scope and customer profile.

Regional players

• H&MV Engineering: Ireland-headquartered MEICA engineering contractor serving data centres, utilities and renewables. Comparable EPCM service offering and overlaps with Colloide on water/energy projects, primarily in the Irish market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/colloide

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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