Northern Engineering Industries

{{Short description|Former British engineering firm based in Newcastle upon Tyne}}

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|name = Northern Engineering Industries plc

|logo =Northern Engineering Industries logo.png

|logo_size = 150px

|fate =Acquired

|successor= Rolls-Royce plc

|type = Public

|foundation = 1977

|defunct=1989

|location = Newcastle, England, UK

|key_people = Terry Harrison, (Chairman)
Dr Robert Hawley, (Managing Director)

|industry = Engineering, Power Generation, Power Transmission, Power Distribution & Material Handling

|products = Industrial Engineering

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|num_employees = 40,000 (1991)

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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 Tyneside. Its headquarters were based at the Regent Centre at Gosforth in Newcastle upon Tyne.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g3vA06c94LgC&dq=%22Northern+Engineering+Industries%22+%22Regent+Centre%22&pg=PA343|title=NEI Group Results|publisher=New Scientist|date= 7 May 1981|page=343|access-date=29 March 2019}}

History

The company was established by way of a merger between Clarke Chapman and Reyrolle Parsons in 1977.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzrcranes.org/manufact.html|title=The Crane Makers|publisher=NZR Cranes|access-date=20 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174719/http://www.nzrcranes.org/manufact.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|df=dmy-all}} 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).{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/threat-to-2500-jobs-as-parsons-goes-on-sale-1329532.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/threat-to-2500-jobs-as-parsons-goes-on-sale-1329532.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Threat to 2,500 jobs as Parsons goes on sale|work=The Independent|date=20 July 1996|access-date=29 March 2019}}

In 1981 the company acquired Amalgamated Power Engineering (APE), a leading manufacturer of engines.{{cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/NEI|title=Northern Engineering Industries|publisher=Grace's Guide|access-date=20 September 2015}} APE was itself the result of a merger in 1968 of W.H. Allen, Sons & Co. (founded in 1880 and based in Bedford),{{cite web|url=http://www.whaea.co.uk/the-company/amalgamations/|title=Amalgamations|publisher=W H Allen Engineering Association|access-date=20 September 2015}} Belliss and Morcom of Birmingham, and Crossley Engines (founded in 1867 and based in Manchester).{{cite web|url=http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/history/origins.html |title=Crossley Motors|access-date=20 September 2015}}

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){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-duncan-mcdonald-1270373.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-duncan-mcdonald-1270373.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Sir Duncan McDonald|work=The Independent|date=1 March 1997|access-date=20 September 2015}} and by Sir Terence Harrison first as Chief Executive (1983 to 1986) and then as Chairman (1986 to 1989).Debretts People of Today 1994

The company was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc in 1989 later becoming known as the Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Group.{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1e67fcc9-cdfd-4a71-8730-2215e8a6b7dc|title=Clarke Chapman Marine Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Group|publisher=National Archives|access-date=21 February 2022}}

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