All about LEEC
Established in 1953, LEEC Limited is an independent and privately owned Nottingham based manufacturing company offering a wide range of first-class products and equipment across 8 specialist sectors including laboratory, funeral and mortuary equipment.
With 70 years of experience and a true commitment to customer service, reliability and high-quality products we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver a range of equipment that meets the specific needs of our customers with continuous development and a commitment to listening to our customers’ ever-changing requirements.
1953
General Electric Repair was founded in 1953 by Mr Emils Gailis, a Latvian born national, who moved to the UK and started a small business using his electrical engineering knowledge to repair household electrical items. One day he was asked by the now-closed General Hospital Nottingham if he could design an electrically controlled Incubator to replace their existing water-jacketed system. Emils designed and built a C02 Incubator, which for the time, was very innovative and opened the door to a completely new business, leading to his designs cornering the C02 Incubator market.
1979
The company was officially incorporated on the 5th November 1979 as LEEC Ltd.
1988
In the mid-1980s the company diversified and with it, a growing team welcomed Paul Venners, who joined LEEC in 1988, at the age of 39. A former building surveyor, and at the time of his move to LEEC an NHS Director of Estates and Corporate Planning. Paul was tasked to develop the pathology side of the business, which was in its earliest infancy supplying Mortuary equipment to UK Hospitals
1991
In 1991 Paul contributed to the development of NHS Hospital Building Note 20 (Facilities for Mortuary and Post Mortem Room Services). Still in use today, HBN20 is a best practice design guide for any renovation/new Mortuary development.
2007
In 2007, Emils Gailis sadly passed away and following a period of managing his estate, a board of Trustees appointed Paul as Managing Director of LEEC.
2016
LEEC awarded “The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade in 2016 for increasing sales by 60%, over the previous three years, with the percentage of sales increasing over the same period to 26% of total sales.
2020
LEEC shortlisted for the ‘Lloyds Bank National Business Awards
Paul Venners elected to become a member of ‘The Leaders Council for Great Britain and Northern Ireland’
2021
Paul Venners awarded an OBE in the 2021 Queens New Year’s Honours List, in recognition for being outstanding in services to Hospital Mortuaries and Post Mortem Facilities, particularly during the COVID-19 response
2023
LEEC Ltd, a Nottingham based manufacturer of laboratory and post-mortem equipment, is delighted to announce a change of leadership. As of September 2023, Paul Venners of LEEC Ltd will step down from the business in his role Managing Director and Richard Venners will be appointed as his successor.
Visit our showroom & training centre
We have a fully fitted mortuary/training facility based at our head office and factory in Nottingham. The facility has been built to demonstrate the high-quality equipment LEEC produces and allows all user’s and customers to come and experience first hand, the quality, ease of use and maintenance of LEEC’s equipment. The facility also allows LEEC to carry out training for all new customers in a clean environment. Please contact us if you wish to come and see what LEEC has to offer.
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