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Northern Engineering Industries plc (NEI) was a British engineering firm, which for over 10 years was one of the largest employers on
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History

The company was established on the initiative of Sir James Woodeson, who had been chairman of
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from 1949 until 1977 and of chairman of
Reyrolle Parsons Reyrolle Parsons was an engineering company, which during the 1970s, was the largest private employer on Tyneside. It was based in Newcastle upon Tyne. History The company was formed by the merger of A. Reyrolle & Company and C. A. Parsons and Com ...
from 1974 to 1977. The companies merged to form Northern Engineering Industries with Woodeson as chairman and chief executive in 1977. It manufactured cranes (
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), transformers ( Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd.), switchgear ( A. Reyrolle & Company), boilers (Power Engineering Ltd), control systems (Control and Instrumentation Ltd.), and turbines (
C. A. Parsons and Company C. A. Parsons and Company was a British engineering firm which was once one of the largest employers on Tyneside. The company became Reyrolle Parsons in 1968, merged with Clarke Chapman to form Northern Engineering Industries in 1977, and bec ...
). In 1981 the company acquired Amalgamated Power Engineering (APE), a leading manufacturer of
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s. APE was itself the result of a merger in 1968 of W.H. Allen, Sons & Co. (founded in 1880 and based in
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, and Crossley Engines (founded in 1867 and based in
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). Northern Engineering Industries was led through much of its existence by Sir Duncan McDonald, first as Group Managing Director (1977 to 1980) and, following Woodeson's death in a car accident in January 1980, as Chairman (1980 to 1986). It was later led by Sir Terence Harrison first as Chief Executive (1983 to 1986) and then as Chairman (1986 to 1989). The company was acquired by
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in 1989 later becoming known as the Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Group. File:NEI gcw.png, NEI coloured logo (scanned) File:Directory of Personnel.jpg, Directory of Personnel showing front cover File:Page One Directory of Personnel.jpg, Directory of Personnel showing main business structures File:1992 NEI within Rolls-Royce IPG.jpg, 1992 NEI within Rolls-Royce IPG structure


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{{Authority control Manufacturing companies established in 1977 Engineering companies of the United Kingdom Electrical engineering companies of the United Kingdom Former defence companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Newcastle upon Tyne Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1989 Rolls-Royce Technology companies established in 1977 Technology companies disestablished in 1989 1989 mergers and acquisitions