articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . september 2010 lincat group plc type public lse 1 industry commercial catering founded 23 july 1971 headquarters whisby road north hykeham ln6 3qz area served worldwide key people alan schroeder chairman paul bouscarle chief executive products professional catering equipment revenue 31.7 m 2009 2 operating income 9.8 m 2009 profit 8.4 m 2009 website lincat.co.uk lincat is an industrial catering and foodservice equipment company based in lincolnshire that is represented on the alternative investment market . the company claims to the uk s leading manufacturer of commercial catering equipment . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 acquisitions 2 structure 2.1 divisions 3 products 3.1 services 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit 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 7 000 sq metre manufacturing facility in 1997 . in 1998 the factory was formally opened by the duke of edinburgh . the site includes a gym and a swimming pool . 5 in 2011 lincat became an official supplier of catering equipment for the worldskills cooking competition 2011 in london . 6 acquisitions edit it bought imc in december 1994 and britannia in november 2002 . heydal a kitchen ventilation manufacturer was bought in march 2007 for 0.4 million and merged with the britannia brand . it sold mercury appliances 7 to aga rangemaster for 0.4 million in august 2009 . structure edit it is situated in north hykeham not far from the a46 bypass on whisby road near the junction with kingsley road near the hotel ibis and just south of the district north kesteven boundary with lincoln . it is a member of the catering equipment suppliers association . 8 divisions edit other divisions of the company are imc based on the wrexham industrial estate britannia kitchen ventilation based on the sydenham industrial estate in leamington spa products edit it makes the full range of cooking and food preparation equipment for professional use heavy duty on a corporate scale . it has the silverlink brand . it has won caterer and hotelkeeper awards . lincat group has market capitalisation of around 32m . it claims to sell over 2000 finished products and spares weekly . there are more than 450 items in its product range . types of equipment it makes are bain maries bake off ovens convection ovens conveyor toasters deep fryers electric fly killers food steamers griddles grilling equipment pizza ovens roasting oven sandwich toasters sinks water boilers services edit it trains commercial cooks how to use its products on site . see also edit aga rangemaster group enodis imi plc references edit 1 dead link https web.archive.org web 20090303151447 http lincatgroup.co.uk fiveyearrecord.php . archived from the original on march 3 2009 . retrieved august 16 2010 . missing or empty title help recruitment lincat catering equipment . lincat.co.uk . retrieved 2015 07 15 . history lincat catering equipment . lincat.co.uk . retrieved 2015 07 15 . lincat catering equipment years of success . nisbets . retrieved 10 june 2013 . lincat becomes an official supplier to worldskills london 2011 . caterer and hotel keeper . retrieved 26 july 2011 . contemporary range cookers canopies and splashbacks from mercury . mercury appliances . retrieved 2015 07 15 . https web.archive.org web 20100814182946 http www.cesa.org.uk lincat limited.asp . archived from the original on august 14 2010 . retrieved august 16 2010 . missing or empty title help external links edit the lincat website new range of pizza ovens four day week in november 2008 imc 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