Reyrolle Parsons was an engineering company, which during the 1970s, was the largest private employer on

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. It was based in

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History

The company was formed by the merger of A. Reyrolle & Company and

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 1968. The first chairman was Edward Judge, who also served as President of the British Electrical Allied Manufacturers Association between 1960 and 1971. Following the appointment of

James Woodeson Sir James Brewis Woodeson (14 October 1917 – January 1980) was a British businessman closely associated with the founding of Northern Engineering Industries. Career Educated at Oundle School, Woodeson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery a ...

as chairman in 1974, Reyrolle Parsons merged with Clarke Chapman to form Northern Engineering Industries plc in 1977.

References

{{reflist Engineering companies of the United Kingdom Electrical engineering companies of the United Kingdom Defunct companies based in Tyne and Wear Companies disestablished in 1977 1968 establishments in England 1977 disestablishments in England