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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. Its headquarters were based at the

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History

The company was established by way of a merger between Clarke Chapman and Reyrolle

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in 1977. It manufactured cranes ( Clarke Chapman), 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 became ...

). 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 (founded in 1880 and based in

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), Belliss and Morcom of

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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 then as Chairman (1980 to 1986) and 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, alt=NEI coloured logo (scanned), 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

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History

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