Lincat is an industrial catering and foodservice equipment company based in Lincolnshire that is represented on the Alternative Investment Market. The company claims to be the UK's leading manufacturer of commercial catering equipment.[3]
History
Lincat Ltd was founded in 1971 in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire. The company began manufacturing electrically heated large-scale cooking equipment. From 1988 Lincat introduced gas-heated cooking equipment. The company was floated on the Unlisted Securities Market in 1988, then on to the LSE in 1994 and to the Alternative Investment Market on 20 August 2007.[4]
The company moved to its present-day 12,000 sq metre manufacturing facility in 1997. On the afternoon of Monday 1 June 1998, the factory was formally opened by the Duke of Edinburgh.[5]
The site includes a gym for staff use[6]