{{Short description|Railroad manufacturing company in Wisconsin}} {{Infobox company |name = Nordco, Inc. |image = Shuttlewagon NVX-E.jpg |image_caption = A Nordco railcar mover, part of the company's Shuttlewagon line |industry = Railroad maintenance equipment |founded = 1926 |founder = Nordberg Manufacturing Company |hq_location = Oak Creek, Wisconsin |area_served = North America |revenue = $175 million (2021) |operating_income = $40 million (2021) |parent = Wabtec |website = {{URL|nordco.com}}}}
'''Nordco, Inc.''' is an American manufacturer of railroad maintenance of way and inspection equipment, based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Founded in 1926, it has been a subsidiary of Wabtec since 2021. The company is one of the top manufacturers of railroad maintenance equipment in North America.
==History== Nordco was founded in 1926 as a division of Nordberg Manufacturing Company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History|url=https://www.nordco.com/Company-Info/Our-History.htm|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.nordco.com|archive-date=2020-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805070411/https://www.nordco.com/Company-Info/Our-History.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Nordco was purchased by OMERS Private Equity in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|author=BizTimes Staff|date=2009-06-01|title=Nordco acquired by Canadian private equity firm|url=https://biztimes.com/nordco-acquired-by-canadian-private-equity-firm/|access-date=2021-08-26|website=BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826220410/https://biztimes.com/nordco-acquired-by-canadian-private-equity-firm/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Nordco was acquired by Wabtec in a $400 million deal.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-03-23|title=Wabtec Acquiring Nordco|url=https://www.rtands.com/track-maintenance/on-track-maintenance/wabtec-acquires-nordco/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324171904/https://www.rtands.com/track-maintenance/on-track-maintenance/wabtec-acquires-nordco/|archive-date=2021-03-24|access-date=2021-08-26|website=Railway Age|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Doughty|first=Nate|date=29 July 2021|title=Wabtec touts success of recent partnerships as it sees recovery across different rail segments in Q2|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2021/07/29/wabtec-q2-2021-earnings-call.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-26|website=American City Business Journals|archive-date=2021-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730090919/https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2021/07/29/wabtec-q2-2021-earnings-call.html}}</ref>
===Acquisitions=== Nordco purchased Illinois railroad maintenance machinery rebuilder J.E.R. Overhaul in 2006, followed by Connecticut based non-destructive testing company Dapco Industries in 2007.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2008-04-15|title=Shuttlewagon Joins Nordco Family of Companies|url=https://www.powderbulksolids.com/material-handling-transportation/shuttlewagon-joins-nordco-family-companies|access-date=2021-08-26|website=powderbulksolids.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826220344/https://www.powderbulksolids.com/material-handling-transportation/shuttlewagon-joins-nordco-family-companies|url-status=live}}</ref> Both of the headquarters of these companies now serve as additional manufacturing facilities for Nordco. These were followed in 2008 by the purchase of Central Power Products, manufacturer of the Shuttlewagon series of railcar movers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heaster |first=Randolph |date=2008-04-15 |title=Nordco gets Grandview company |pages=33 |work=The Kansas City Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104218581/nordco-gets-grandview-company/ |access-date=2022-06-22}}</ref>
In 2016, Nordco acquired Kansas heavy lift truck manufacturer Royal Tractor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-16|title=Nordco Acquires Royal Tractor|url=https://www.powderbulksolids.com/material-handling-transportation/nordco-acquires-royal-tractor|access-date=2021-08-26|website=powderbulksolids.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826220344/https://www.powderbulksolids.com/material-handling-transportation/nordco-acquires-royal-tractor|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Products== left|thumb|Ballast Regulator Nordco manufactures and rebuilds a wide variety of maintenance of way vehicles, including tie exchangers, ballast regulators, spike drivers, spike pullers, and tie cranes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cotey|first=Angela|title=Rail Insider-Railroad snow plows, air blowers and switch heaters help combat winter weather|url=https://www.progressiverailroading.com/mow/article/Railroad-snow-plows-air-blowers-and-switch-heaters-help-combat-winter-weather--36424|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920130520/http://www.progressiverailroading.com/mow/article/Railroad-snow-plows-air-blowers-and-switch-heaters-help-combat-winter-weather--36424|archive-date=2017-09-20|access-date=2021-08-26|website=Progressive Railroading|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Solomon|first=Brian|title=Railway maintenance equipment|date=2001|publisher=MBI Pub. Co|isbn=0-7603-0975-2|location=Osceola, Wis.|pages=60, 68, 74, 78|oclc=46976669}}</ref> The company also manufactures equipment for non-destructive rail testing, used to inspect railroad tracks for defects. Products range from portable inspection systems to larger systems based on hirail vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nordco {{!}} Inspection Technologies|url=https://www.nordco.com/Products/Rail-Services--Inspection-Technologies.htm|access-date=2021-08-26|website=www.nordco.com}}</ref> Through the company's Shuttlewagon division, Nordco also produces railcar movers and forklifts.
In 2012, Nordco constructed a $438,000 ballast regulator/snowplow for the Long Island Rail Road. Due to an error in construction, the plow was built too wide and touched the third rail, requiring Nordco correct the error at no additional cost.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Castillo |first=Alfonso A. |date=March 12, 2012 |title=Only Thing Missing Is Snow |pages=A8–A9 |work=Newsday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104218011/missing-is-snow/ |access-date=2022-06-22}}</ref>
==Subsidiaries== * Dapco Industries * J.E.R. Overhaul * Nordco Rail Services * Shuttlewagon - Railcar mover manufacturer Shuttlewagon is based in Grandview, Missouri. Nordco purchased the company in 2008.<ref name=":1" /> In 2016, Shuttlewagon produced the world's first electric railcar mover, the NVX-E.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us {{!}} Shuttlewagon Mobile Railcar Movers|url=https://shuttlewagon.com/about/|access-date=2021-08-26|website=Shuttlewagon|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121182850/https://shuttlewagon.com/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2016, Shuttlewagon expanded its operations with a new nearly 500,000 square foot facility in Kansas City.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roberts|first=Rob|date=29 November 2016|title=Shuttlewagon will expand at Three Trails Industrial Park|work=Kansas City Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2016/11/29/shuttlewagon-expands-three-trails-industrial-park.html|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-date=1 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501173845/http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2016/11/29/shuttlewagon-expands-three-trails-industrial-park.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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