About LECO Corporation
Our Company
Since 1936, LECO has been an industry-leading analytical laboratory equipment manufacturer. Our comprehensive product portfolio includes instruments for elemental analysis, thermal analysis, metallography, and mass spectrometry. More than a laboratory equipment supplier, we’re here to empower your ongoing success. Our expert team will connect you with the right equipment for your analysis needs, along with comprehensive training, application support, and ongoing service.
Global Reach, Localized Support
LECO offers the capabilities and breadth of a global organization with the personalized service of a local partner. In addition to our headquarters in St. Joseph, Michigan, we have offices and subsidiaries in 51 global locations which serve nearly 200 countries and territories worldwide.
Discover more about our international offices on our Contact page, or visit our Instrument Support page to learn more about our international service network.
Our Leading Legacy
Established in 1936 by Carl Schulz, the Laboratory Equipment Company (LECO), provides industries and organizations performing chemical analysis with complete solutions that help them achieve superior quality and results. Today, LECO continues to be a family-owned company, recognized globally as a leader in the development of high performing lab instruments.
Our Customer Service Commitment
The LECO team is committed to providing local support and service to our global customer network. At our Global Support Center and Customer Experience Center, we offer customers lifetime phone support, ongoing training, and service, along with application assistance, instrument demonstrations, and technical presentations.
Our Local Resources
At our West Michigan headquarters, LECO has facilities dedicated to improving customer success, including innovative research and development centers and high-efficiency manufacturing facilities. Here, we maintain strict quality control and create laboratory equipment that will last decades.
Our Core Values
Customer Delight
Going beyond expectations to deliver exceptional products and positive experiences.
Leadership
Inspiring excellence, guiding innovation, and helping customers reach new levels of success.
Open and Active Communication
Listening to customer needs and sharing ideas that address real-world problems.
Integrity
Earning customers’ trust by consistently acting with honesty and transparency.
Respect
Valuing customers’ goals, understanding their challenges, and serving as a true partner.
Creativity
Embracing curiosity and developing innovative solutions that achieve superior results.
Accountability
Taking ownership of our commitments and always delivering on our promises to customers.
Our History
1936
Carl Schultz founds the Laboratory Equipment Company and introduces the first rapid carbon determinator for the steel industry.
1945
LECO develops its own line of combustion vessels during World War II.
1950
LECO creates the high-frequency induction furnace, significantly reducing analysis times.
1967
LECO establishes its first international presence by forming its German Export Division.
1970
LECO uses digital electronics to develop solid state infrared cells, resistance and induction furnaces, and advanced instrumentation.
1973
LECO introduces the industry’s first line of complete solutions for metallographic analysis.
1976
LECO introduces its first protein determinator, the NP-28 (now 828 and 928), to the organic and food markets.
1979
LECO’s SC-32, the industry’s first automated sulfur analyzer, replaces the tedious ESCHA wet chemistry method.
1980
LECO integrates internal microprocessors, self-calibration, self-diagnostics, and autosamplers into instrument designs, providing results in less than 30 seconds.
1983
LECO introduces the TGA moisture/ash series. The Carl E. Schultz Technical Center opens as a state-of-the-art research and development center.
1990
LECO releases the first GDS and ICP spectrometers into the market.
1993
LECO is certified and registered to the international quality standard ISO-9002, which is later upgraded to ISO-9001.
1997
LECO releases The Pegasus® GC-TOFMS, one of the first time-of-flight mass spectrometers in the marketplace.
2000
LECO introduces the TC-600 and CS-600 series of carbon/sulfur and nitrogen/carbon analysis equipment—the first instruments of their kind with built-in Windows®-based software.
2002
LECO introduces the TruSpec® elemental analyzer, changing the way the world performs protein analyses.
2006
LECO opens its Global Support Center, a 50,000-square-foot service and training facility.
2007
LECO opens the innovative Life Science & Chemical Analysis Centre, providing applications support and instrument training services.
2009
LECO introduces TruMac®—the first instrument capable of performing macro sample analysis since the mid-1980s.
2011
LECO launches the Cornerstone® platform, which includes touch-screen capabilities, along with its mass accuracy High Resolution TOFMS (HRT) technology.
2012
LECO opens the Elizabeth S. Warren Technical Centre for Separation Science, a facility dedicated to the research and development of innovative instrumentation.
2014
LECO introduces Cornerstone Mobile, an optional mobile remote viewing feature.
2016
LECO celebrates 80 years of innovation by introducing the Pegasus BT, a new benchtop GC-TOFMS.
2018
LECO opens its Customer Experience Center, a space dedicated to enhancing customers’ interactions with the company, its products, and its services.
2023
Introduced the GDS950, which excels in Compositional Depth Profile (CDP) analysis, performing significantly faster than competing techniques.
2024
Launched the Pegasus BTX, the smallest and most sensitive GC-TOFMS on the market.
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LECO is more than just a great place to work. It’s a global network of people dedicated to serving the scientific community through innovation, collaboration, and growth. Ready to join us in our mission? Click the link below to get started.
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