LECO Corporation

LECO Corporation, founded in 1936 by Carl Schultz and George Krasl, operates its analytical instrumentation research and development, and manufacturing from its headquarters located in St. Joseph, Michigan. LECO develops and manufactures elemental measurement and molecular Time-of-flight mass spectrometry instrumentation, following ISO 9000 standards. The LECO trademark is an acronym of the original name, Laboratory Equipment Corporation.

LECO Corporation
Founded1936
Headquarters
St. Joseph, Michigan
,
USA
Key people
Robert J. Warren, President[1][2]
ProductsAnalytical instrumentation
Websitehttp://www.leco.com/

LECO carries out research in many fields of analytical chemistry including protein measurement in foods, sulfur in coal emissions, glow discharge emission in metals, multi-dimensional gas chromatograph mass spectrometry, environmental monitoring, air quality, Metabolomics, and diverse medical and pharmaceutical applications. LECO has been a manufacturer and distributor of metallographic equipment since the 1970s, and makes ceramic products for the foundry industry. LECO Corporation has sales subsidiaries worldwide.

As of June 8, 1977, Robert J. Warren and family have become the sole owners of the company, acquiring outstanding stocks which had become the property of the George J. Krasl Trust following George Krasl's death on August 5, 1976.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Company Overview of LECO Corporation". Bloomberg. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. Strode, Kim (September 17, 2004). "St. Joseph to get LECO land near Lake Michigan". The Herald-Palladium. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. "Robert Warren Family now sole LECO owner". The News-Palladium from Benton Harbor, Michigan. June 10, 1977. Retrieved 19 January 2017.


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