LPA are pleased to announce we are hosting at the Annual Railway Division Luncheon on Friday 28 February.
Taking place in London, it’s one of the highlights of the railway networking calendar and we are looking forward to catching up with our railway friends.
We would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and new year!
We look forward to working with you in 2020!
LPA Connection Systems and LPA Lighting Systems are exhibiting at the AusRail Plus Conference & Exhibition, in Sydney (3 to 5 December ’19).
It’s the largest rail event in the southern hemisphere and LPA will be demonstrating the breadth of its rail product range.
LPA are located on stand 244 and look forward to seeing you!
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The Golden Spanners celebrates the best of rolling stock maintenance by recognising the companies making the greatest strides in train reliability.
It’s with great pleasure LPA are hosting two tables at the event and are looking forward to being part of the celebrations.
Taking place on Friday 22 November, at The Grand Connaught Rooms, London, it should be a great event.
LPA Connection Systems are pleased to announce the launch of our new Power Plane aviation product range at Inter Airport Europe, in Munich (8 to 11 October ’19).
This range includes a new and innovative Plane Power Crocodile Cable Carrier, and newly designed aircraft connectors.
We are on stand 350, UK Pavilion, Hall B6.
LPA Lighting Systems are very pleased to present the first one of a series of product and technology overviews we will be doing over the next few months.This time we are focusing on our Rail Compliant LED tubes.
We are very proud to announce that CLERPREM S.p.a, seat designer and manufacturer has selected LPA Lighting Systems for TGV Duplex refurbishment project.
Our scope of supply includes power supply units, reading lights, USB chargers, ambient lights and inter connection looms. Deliveries will start later this year, until 2021.
TGV Duplex is a French double decker very high-speed rolling stock, manufactured by Alstom and operated by the French national railway company SNCF.
Preliminary announcement of results for the year ended 30 September 2018
LPA Group plc (“LPA” or the “Group”), the high reliability LED lighting and electro-mechanical system manufacturer and distributor, announces record results for the year ended 30 September 2018 and record orders in the first quarter.
Preliminary results key points:
KEY POINTS • Sales up £5.50m (24.5%) at £27.98m (2017: £22.48m) • Operating profit before exceptional items up 18.4% at £2.24m (2017: £1.90m) • Exceptional and non-underlying items (cost) £175,000 (2017: (gain) £73,000) • Profit before tax up 5.7% at £2.02m (2017: £1.91m) • Basic earnings per share amounted to 14.34p (2017: 14.40p) • Final dividend increased 9% to 1.80p (2017: 1.65p), total for the year 2.90p (2017: 2.70p) • Gearing reduced to 15.5% (2017: 25.7%) • Order entry amounted to £20.2m (2017: £26.1m) • Order book amounted to £13.8m (2017: £21.6m) • Continued investments in automation and productivity throughout the year
Peter Pollock – Chairman commented:
“The 2018 financial year proved exceptional, delivering a third successive year of record sales and profits, exceeding expectations.
As expected, order entry fell back relative to the very high levels achieved in 2017, reflecting the fluctuating demands of our markets, but were nevertheless very high in historical terms and the fifth highest on record.
As previously reported, some major rail projects, including CrossRail, have been delayed and as a consequence the current year has started quietly, reflecting the lower current demand, which is expected to pick up substantially as the year progresses.
Happily, orders entered in the first quarter have been a new record at over £9m, exceeding order entry for the first half of last year and under pinning progress in the medium term. Contract orders include Central and Waterloo & City lines lighting refurbishment with LUL, £4.7m including a further support contract; £670k lighting for Doha Metro extension through Kinki Sharyo and £1.4m bespoke electro-mechanical underframe structures for a major UK rail OEM.
After a slow start the year as a whole should be satisfactory.”
We are pleased to announce we will be exhibiting at Inter Airport South East Asia Exhibition (27 February – 1 March ’19).
Visit us at Booth G80 and discover our range of Aircraft Ground Power Products including 400hz and 28V DC Aircraft Sockets and Plugs, Crocodile Cable Carriers and Cable Harnesses.
To book an appointment with our Sales Team contact us at sales@lpa-connect.com
It is impossible to know the exact trading conditions we will be faced come 29th March 2019. However, LPA Group has considered what it deems to be the crucial areas and gives its position as follows.
Export
With more than 100 years’ experience of importing and exporting to over 50 countries, LPA Group is well versed with World Trade Organisation rules and all other aspects of international trade. Should a hard Brexit prevail, this will present trading conditions no worse than currently experienced when exporting to any country outside of the EU.
Import
LPA suppliers are based throughout the world and have significant experience of international trade. The situation is under continuous review and actions are being applied where necessary. For example, we are stocking up on key components to counter any shortages that may occur within the supply chain.
Employees
LPA has a small number of EU nationals within its workforce and, as such, we are in communication with these employees to ensure that they are supported with their continuing right to work within the UK.
Brexit is being monitored and considered at every level of the LPA organisation and all practical precautions are being taken. Should you have any further questions, then please do not hesitate to ask via your normal LPA Group contact.
14th December 2018
LPA Lighting Systems is proud to share the news of its latest ISO 9001:2015 certification.
LPA Lighting Systems’s certification upgrade from ISO 9001:2008 to the latest ISO 9001:2015 demonstrates our commitment toward continuous quality system improvement.
Click here for full certificate.
LPA Lighting Systems, part of the LPA Group PLC, are delighted to announce that we have been selected by LUL (subject to contract) for the Central line and Waterloo & City line rolling stock interior Saloon LED Lighting supply scope.
LPA Lighting Systems, part of the LPA Group PLC, are delighted to announce that we have been selected by Stadler for the design and manufacture of Merseyrail rolling stock interior LED lighting including driver’s cab, saloon and vestibule area, door status indicator lights and step lights. All the scope of supply will be fully designed and manufactured from our UK factory in Normanton, West Yorkshire.
The LPA Group companies will be joining forces again this year to exhibit at InnoTrans – the leading international trade fair for transport technology. Again this year, we will be part of the British Pavillion in Hall 2.2 and show our expertise on stand #206J
Greg Howell, Managing Director of LPA Connection Systems presented his experiences of LPA’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership program with the University of Essex to an interested audience of over 300 delegates at the RIA Technology and Innovations Conference earlier this year.
