LEMAC

Who Are We?

At Lothian Electric Machines, we have been manufacturing electrical motors since 1958 and powering products worldwide from our 160,000 Sq. Ft Haddington Factory.

We were first founded as part of RANCO, an American HVAC control manufacturer and set up a factory to manufacture hermetic motors for refrigeration applications. The majority of these units were exported to America but with the turbulent political climate of the 1970's production was transferred to America. This resulted in the closure of one of the RANCO motors factories in Glasgow with the loss of over 1700 jobs. Fortunately, RANCO had also secured a licence to manufacture Emerson motors, and this continued at the 160,000 square Haddington Factory.

Re-aligning ourselves we worked our way through the 1970's mainly through the production of Hermetic motors for white goods manufactured in Britain by British companies. During this period the link with RANCO was lost and the company name was changed to Lothian Electric Machines Limited and the trade name of LEMAC© motors was created. (Lothian Electric MAChines)

At the start of the 1980's the company diversified into manufacturing DC motors and additionally computer keyboard assembly for IBM, to complement our existing manufacturer of AC motors. At this time, our current site in Haddington was a major part of the local economy employing as much as 800 people. In 1989 production of the Keyboards came to an end and the company focused fully on electrical motors again. In recent years the business has diversified again and whilst still producing high quality DC motors we now also manufacture stairlifts.

The last few years have seen significant investment in CNC equipment and skills, allowing us to produce more in-house components, which in turn gives us greater quality and delivery control and further enhances our position as a top UK based manufacturer of DC motors and DC motor-based products.

Lemac have always been driven by the ability to be flexible, adaptable and precise; focus which has made Lemac the first choice for many worldwide companies, who have total confidence in putting a Lemac DC motor at the heart of their vital industrial, commercial and residential applications. Whatever the requirement, Lemac's commitment to the customer remains the same at every level, be it design, development or manufacture; a commitment to making any product better.

Whilst Lemac plays a major part in the local Scottish economy, employing more than 200 people, we are also a major promoter of Global Recycling; promoting and incorporating a true circular economy model in all component and final production, at all stages of the product life cycle; starting from initial concept and design. Lemac were one of the very early adopters of the Environmental accreditation scheme having our ISO14001 since 2004. To date we have saved the planet, through our circular economy approach, some 200 tonnes of Co2.