A. Reyrolle & Company

A. Reyrolle & Company was a British engineering firm based in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear in the North East of England.

The company was founded by Alphonse Constant Reyrolle [de], a French electrical engineer and entrepreneur,[1] in 1886 at Fitzroy Square in London to produce scientific instruments.

[3] At its peak it manufactured switchgear for power stations worldwide and employed 12,000 people.

[7] Siemens supported the Reyrolle installed base on a global basis, with Operations and Protection based at the remaining section of the original Reyrolle Works in Hebburn, although this constitutes only around 10 percent of the original site.

[8] The Major Projects division is based at a modern office building on the nearby Monkton Business Park.

Example of typical Siemens switchgear
Scan of and early Reyrolle logo showing and early open frame switchgear design
Scan of and early Reyrolle logo showing and early open frame switchgear design
Reyrolle Hebburn site 1990-2004
Reyrolle Hebburn site layout between 1990 and 2004. Most of the site is now a housing estate. Only the Protection business of the original Hebburn site remains owned by Siemens.