STORIES IN THE MAKING
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Through innovative mixer technology, the Lightnin team has always been dedicated to helping customers design solutions for their critical mixing processes. When partnering with major producers – our mixers help them become more sustainable, while also lowering their total cost of ownership.Ìý
Come back in time with us and recap the rich history of this legacy mixing brand:Ìý
It all started with MIXCO in 1923, a small, New York-based mixing equipment company that named its primary mixer brand,ÌýLightninÌýfor its quick turnaround time. From there, a series of influential thought-leaders joined the company, including Dr. Henry Rushton and Dr. James Oldshue, both notable contributors to the industrial mixing industry. With them came cutting-edge technologies, like the invention of the flat-bladed radial turbine and the continuous mixing column.ÌýÌý
The MIXCO company moved its headquarters to Rochester, NY in the late 1920s. And from there, the company’s founders quickly created deep ties with the local community including a long-standing relationship with theÌýÌýthat to this day, continues to recruit world class engineers to theÌýMixing SolutionsÌýteam. Their deep passion for the technology of mixing has built an engineering powerhouse at the base of all we do.ÌýÌý
Over the period of 1950 – 1990, the Lightnin founders drove a strategy to globalize the famous brand – beginning with our Poynton office in the United Kingdom and finally our Shanghai, China office in 1990. The reliability of the Lightnin brand globally was a key driver in its ability to scale globally.ÌýÌý
By the late 1970s, MIXCO had undergone several acquisitions to become a brand within a new company named General Signal. It was here that theÌýLightnin 70 series gearboxÌýwas invented. The first of its kind, the Lightnin 70 series gearbox was and is ideal for heavy-duty mixing applications like mining in harsh environments.ÌýÌý
Since then, the brand was acquired by SPX Corporation and now with Ãâ·Ñ³Ô¹Ï, continues a legacy of groundbreaking industrial mixing innovations.ÌýSeeÌýourÌýimpact over timeÌýhere.Ìý
Within Ãâ·Ñ³Ô¹Ï Mixing Solutions, five mixer brands offer customers access to the best solutions in the world. Lightnin and these mixing brands have more than 300 years of combined experience. This makesÌýÃâ·Ñ³Ô¹Ï Mixing SolutionsÌýthe largest industrial mixer business in the world.
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President, Mixing Solutions
Wendy Malone is the President of Mixing Solutions, overseeing the innovation, engineering and engagement of five mixer brands for global customers and their end markets.
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