type mechanical engineers industry heavy equipment founded 1794 headquarters selston nottinghamshire england uk products cranes spares fabrication owner delden cranes ltd website nck cranes 1 nck newton chambers koehring started as a subsidiary of newton chambers & company a large engineering company based in sheffield england . they produced the range of nck agricultural equipment skimmers excavators cranes and draglines that were renowned for high quality and long life typically over 20 years . many nck machines continue to operate worldwide . 1 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the company started as iron founders in 1794 and expanded in victorian times to include coal and iron mining . they diversified into equipment manufacture and in 1947 the company started producing the american brands of koehring excavators under the newton chambers koehring name nck 2 and in 1958 they took over ransomes & rapier building excavators drag lines port cranes and other construction equipment under the nck rapier brand . with the decline in coal and the improvements in hydraulic machines the company diversified into light fabrication . the company was taken over in 1972 by the holding company central and sheerwood . nck later was sold to robert maxwell s media group as part of a wider deal but maxwell was not interested in cranes and nck became inactive . cliffe holdings then bought the company later staffordshire public works bought the company in 1997 after it fell again into receivership . nck launched a new model the 90t hc90 astra crane in 2000 but it was not successful 3 units were manufactured and are owned by delden cse ltd as part of their hire fleet . the only other uk crawler crane business ruston bucyrus rb also stopped manufacture in 2009 . the last crawler crane supplied by nck was a nova in 2001 . spw now runs and active spares and overhaul business for its cranes 3 and fabricates nck plant to order as well as manufacturing traffic control and filtration equipment . in february 2012 the business of nck cranes was acquired by delden cranes ltd and will continue to supply spare parts and offer machine overhauls from its facilities in selston nottinghamshire uk . the acquisition of nck follows the acquisition of rb cranes ruston bucyrus by delden cranes ltd in october 2009 . see also edit crane machine dragline excavator excavator heavy equipment ransomes & rapier ruston bucyrus references edit dragline nck 305 . youtube . retrieved 27 april 2014 . historical construction equipment association 2010 accessed on 2 august 2010 from http archives.hcea.net p core search & creatorid 365 cranes . the independent magazine of the cranes industry 2010 . crawler manufacturer nck fails again . http www.cranestodaymagazine.com story.asp storycode 2005327 . accessed 1 august 2010 external links edit delden cse website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nck & oldid 702236201 categories engineering companies of the united kingdomconstruction equipment manufacturerscrane manufacturerscompanies established in 1794hidden categories use dmy dates from january 2014use british english from january 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 january 2016 at 09 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view