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Chaz Rishel In June, we honored Ray O’Brien, one of Napoleon Engineering Services’ longest-tenured employees. Two months later, we’re recognizing another member of the old guard, a co-worker whose loyalty and contributions have also spanned two-plus decades: Chaz Rishel. Rishel, like O’Brien, is NES to his core, bleeding white and blue. But unlike O’Brien, who’s…

The Fundamentals of Bearing Wear and Condition Analysis A customer recently called Napoleon Engineering Services (NES) asking if it could evaluate a bearing which was operating in refrigerant, an apparent ineffective lubrication in conventional terms. The Olean, New York-based bearing services company understood what was needed: A condition analysis. The primary purpose of NES’ condition…

Employee Spotlight Ray O’Brien Several individuals can rightfully claim to have had a hand in Napoleon Engineering Services’ success over the years, to have helped grow it from a fledgling bearing inspection and testing company inside a spare bedroom into the globally recognized custom bearing manufacturer it is today. Few, however, have made as lasting…

Congratulations, Roman! For the second-straight year, Roman Napoleon’s Tarpon Springs (Fla.) Pirates captured the Elite American Football League (EAFL) Class AAA championship, topping Georgia-based Cherokee County in Elite Bowl V, 27-10, on June 27 in Savannah, Georgia. The Pirates beat Cherokee County in both seasons for the EAFL title, having bested the Bruins, 27-21, a…

May Employee Spotlight Dan Moore It’s his go-to line each time a facility tour group passes through his workstation. “I get to make something out of nothing,” Dan Moore has said to gaggles of student groups, business leaders and community members. And he’s done just that, and exceptionally so, at Napoleon Engineering Services for the…

Employee Spotlight Jack Truman Jack Truman wasn’t necessarily looking for a job. But that didn’t stop opportunity from knocking in the spring of 2012. Shortly after being laid off from his previous job at Henkel-Loctite, Truman received a phone call from his nephew, Chris Truman, Napoleon Engineering Services’ vice president of operations, who asked Jack…

Alex Harris Alex Harris sat at home, quietly, but attentively watching YouTube videos on his phone, which happened to draw his wife’s curiosity. “What are you doing,” she asked? “I’m like, ‘I’m learning how to code,’” he responded. “She’s like, ‘Oh, have fun.’” Harris was, indeed, enjoying the process, calling it a “fun learning experience.”…

How identifying a bearing’s failure mode can lead to the right NES test plan for you By J.P. BUTLER Marketing Coordinator It was a frigid morning in Olean, New York, when a customer called Napoleon Engineering Services with a question. “Can you test a new batch of bearings for us?” the individual asked. NES had…

NES Employee Spotlight Chris Delaney In the most general terms, Chris Delaney might be considered a metallurgy technician. After all, he does spend much of his work time testing, analyzing and inspecting metal samples to determine their physical properties, composition and quality. To categorize him merely as such, however, wouldn’t be doing Delaney justice. The…

OLEAN — In the aftermath of her spectacular performance at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in which she placed ninth overall and was the highest-finishing American in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase, Angelina Napoleon said she could “feel the hometown love from 7,000 miles away.” She could sense the myriad cheers and well-wishes…