Nordco Inc. has merged its Nordco Rail Services and Dapco Industries subsidiaries into a single business unit called Nordco Rail Services and Inspection Technologies. The move makes it possible to better serve customers by combining the skills, knowledge and experience of the two companies into a single entity.

Dapco, located in Ridgefield, Conn., has been a developer of ultrasonic, non-destructive wheel and rail testing solutions for railroads and other industries. Nordco Rail Services, of Lee’s Summit, Miss., offers an array of ultrasonic testing services to the railroad industry. The newly formed Nordco Rail Services and Inspection Technologies will maintain facilities in both Ridgefield and Lee’s Summit.

According to Nordco Rail Services and Inspection Technologies President Pat Graham,
the move supports Nordco’s overall strategy to align itself with the needs of customers, and to offer an extensive, integrated array of products and services to the railroad maintenance-of-way industry.

Graham noted that company will build on a shared history of developing new and innovative ultrasonic rail-flaw detection solutions, while continuing to focus on the service side of the business.

“Under the new structure, our main focus at Nordco Rail Services and Inspection
Technologies will be the development and deployment of industry leading rail flaw detection and predictive rail management solutions,” said Graham. “We will be concentrating our efforts on the critical task of partnering with the North American Railroads so that we can continue to develop innovations that are specific to both their current and future needs.”