About us
60+ Years of LRE
We’re a full-service, engineering-led manufacturing partner for complex diagnostic, medical and life sciences devices.
For more than 60 years, we’ve been the trusted partner for diagnostic companies and biotech start-ups, combining deep engineering expertise with end-to-end capabilities from product development and manufacturing through to lifecycle support.
We bring the right disciplines together early to turn innovative ideas into reliable, manufacturable products, supporting our customers from initial concept through to scalable production and beyond.
Engineers
Product
Development
Integration
PCB Assembly
Full System Integration
at Scale
over
60 years
After Sales Service
& Lifecycle
Management
Locations
Hailing from the historic city of Noerdlingen, LRE has set out to change the world of diagnostics. The Noerdlingen headquarters, where many importants departments such as production and logistics are located, are accompanied by the product and systems development site in Munich. The combined powerplay of both results in a quality and reliability that is internationally recognized and appreciated as Made in Germany.
Noerdlingen
Munich
Hailing from the historic city of Noerdlingen, LRE has set out to change the world of diagnostics. The Noerdlingen headquarters, where many importants departments such as production and logistics are located, are accompanied by the product and systems development site in Munich.
Together, our two locations combine deep engineering expertise with the precision, quality and reliability German manufacturing is renowned for around the world.
Our Team
Dr. Klaus Lun
Markus Bach
Marius Balger
Carolin Kaufmann
Harald Schmidt
Adelina Linker
Andreas Schönherr
LRE has the expertise in developing economically viable processes, so they always come up with an automated and efficient manufacturing.
LRE has always delivered quality. This is reliable,
no interruption like we see elsewhere.
Innovative product solutions ensuring
extraordinary market success for our product!
Depth and previous experience of the engineering team, combined with how long the individuals have worked together, reflect LRE‘s credibility!
LRE accepts accountability
and leads with proactive communication.
Our DNA
Scroll through more than 60 years of engineering excellence, innovation and problem-solving.
1961-1970
1961
Leach Relais und Elektronik GmbH was founded to manufacture relays for the aerospace industry in Munich.
1969
Start of the production facility in Noerdlingen.
1970
Start into Medical Technology, development of the worldwide first blood glucose meter for patient home monitoring for a large corporation.
1974-2000
1974
Expansion of capabilities in engineering and manufacturing: broad variety of customers in home care and near patient testing with several generations of products.
1994
Evolution step 1: development of the worldwide first
point-of-care (POC) instrument.
2000
Launch of the LRE point-of-care instrument platform.
2001-2006
2001
Evolution step 2: entering the laboratory segment with development/
manufacturing of analyzers for the small and medium sized laboratory.
2004
Change in ownership to an US American Corporation.
2006
Implementation of ISO13485 Quality Managament System for medical devices.
2013-2017
2013
Evolution step 3: development/manufacturing of worldwide first highly integrated instruments for molecular diagnostics (MDX): from sample to result.
2014
Relocation of the product development group to the new office building in Munich.
2017
Extension of the Noerdlingen facility with a new building for production and administration.
2019-2025
2019-2020
Acquisition through KPS Capital. Launch of the EMC testing and CNC center in Munich. Production scale up of first fully automated test system for rapid SARS-COV-2 detection.
2021-2023
Development and industrialization of a high capacity walk-away laboratory automation system. Acquisition through Gyrus Capital S.A.
2022-2024
Development of a fully automated sample processing instrument utilizing several different analytical technologies.
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