About Us

Since 1972, the people at LEESON Motors have been working to create and deliver the best motors in the world.

Our stalwart, inventive, and persistent global engineering teams are busy creating the smart motors of tomorrow so our customers can lower their cost of ownership and our planet can reduce its electricity consumption. We are in the business of keeping our customers’ businesses running, and that’s why our pride and passion runs so deep.

1972

Brothers Christopher and Daniel Doerr incorporate LEESON Electric Corporation in Wisconsin.

1972

LEESON tests the first 48-frame motor within a year of the company's incorporation. Pilots on these 48-frame motors don't start until 1974.

1997

LEESON acquires Sandor Corporation, specializing in commercial-duty direct current sub-fractional motors.

2000

Regal Rexnord (formerly Regal Beloit) purchases LEESON in September 2000. At this point, LEESON supplies more than 3,000 accounts around the globe.

2007

Lincoln Motors, Electra Gear, and Grove Gear joined LEESON's lineup in 2007.

The LEESON Network

Today, LEESON serves thousands of distributors and original equipment manufacturers across 15 warehouses in the United States through our Regalrexnord.com eCommerce portal.

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Products

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Adjustable Speed Drives

AC & DC Gearmotors

Agricultural Duty Motors

Brake Motors

Definite Purpose Motors

Explosion Proof Motors

General Purpose Motors

HVAC & Fan Motors

IEC Metric Motors

Inverter Duty Motors

Permanent Magnet AC & DC

Special Voltage Motors

Sub-fractional HP Motors

Innovations

Washdown Duty Line

Since its early days, customers knew LEESON for its line of washdown duty motors. These types of motors are vital in industries like food processing, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing, and beverage manufacturing and brewing because they can withstand intrusion by liquids.

In 2008, LEESON patented the Extreme Duck Ultra® motor, the latest in the line of the Duck series of motors. The Extreme Duck Ultra motor is a market leader in washdown motors. The Extreme Duck Ultra has also won many awards and certifications, namely the UL Ingress Protection, IP69K certification, the highest certification available for ingress protection.

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Manufacturing Innovation

LEESON Motors has a culture of innovation with more than 50 years of solving customer's toughest problems.

Our manufacturing plants have added automated computer-aided machine tools and winding equipment. The plants have also revised manufacturing processes to minimize material handling. Other improvements include deploying manufacturing space to make the product line more efficient and productive.

About the LEESON^® Brand

Since 1972, the people at LEESON Motors have been working to create and deliver the best motors in the world.