Liteplan's History

Liteplan are the largest, privately owned emergency lighting component supplier to the UK market, whilst also shipping our products to a worldwide customer base. Established in 1994 by the late Bill Green, the company was successfully run by Bill’s right hand man, Peter Ray for many years. Peter retired in 2022 and Liteplan is now run by the next generation of Bill’s family with his son, Steve Green at the helm as Managing Director and Steve’s brother-in-law, Jonathan Bell as Director of Operations.

Liteplan’s wealth of knowledge extends many years. Our Technical Manager, David French BSc. sits on the committee at ICEL and works closely with The LIA. Many of Liteplan’s engineers have worked with the company for over 20 years, constantly striving to progress through the our ever evolving CPD scheme to stay at the forefront of the ever changing world of legislation.

Liteplan

1994

1994

We first opened our doors in January 1994 in Bates Road, Harold Wood, Essex. A private, family business concentrating on the emergency lighting needs of the OEM Lighting Manufacturers.

Liteplan

1994

1994

Our technical manager, David French BSc. has been with us from the outset. His wealth of knowledge is our largest asset. David and his team design all our products from the ground up. He sits on the technical committee and the council at ICEL and works very closely with The LIA.

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1995

1995

In 1995 we became members of ICEL (Industry committee for emergency lighting) and LIF, which is now known as the LIA (Lighting industry association).

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2004

2004

In 2004 Greg Smith was recruited as Sales Director. Greg’s standing and relationships within the industry expanded our customer base considerably.

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2005

2005

As our founder Bill Green retired in 2005, Peter Ray took over the running of Liteplan as Managing Director with the next generation of Bill’s family at his side as Directors.

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2006

2006

In recognition of the quality of our work, our processes, our procurement methods and our recording of component trace-ability, we were awarded ISO 9001 certification in 2006

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2007

2007

We relocated to larger premises in Bryant Avenue, Romford in November, 2007. This increased our productivity tremendously. The added work-space allowed us to carry out up to 5,000 emergency conversions per month.

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2009

2009

In February 2009, we expanded the factory into our adjacent building, increasing productivity by a further 30%.

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2013

2013

Moving into digital monitoring of emergency lighting, we became members of AG DALI, which is now known as the Digital Illumination Interface Alliance, in 2013. This certifies that our DALI products meet the requirements of IEC 62386-202

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2016

2016

In November 2016, we launched our new branding and informative website

Following many years of extensive testing into new battery technologies, we became the pioneers of LiFePO4 cells for use in emergency lighting in 2016. A trend since adopted by the emergency lighting industry as a whole.

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2016

2016

In 2016 and with his vast industry network, Adrian Spicer was recruited as Business Development Director and Jonathan Bell was appointed as Commercial Director from within the team bringing a fresh energy.

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2017

2017

To combat the wave of inferior products entering the emergency lighting market, we applied for and were awarded Kitemark and ENEC certification in order to verify the quality of our products. This appealed strongly to the specification sector and gave the entire supply chain the ultimate confidence.

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2018

2018

In 2018, we purchased two adjacent buildings allowing us to carry extremely large levels of stock that saw us thrive through the challenging times of the global pandemic.

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2020

2020

In addition to the award-winning Halo range of standalone emergency products, we released the Dimming Halo for the Hospitality and Healthcare. This became an extremely popular product for these sectors.

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2021

2021

In 2021, we released our cloud based wireless emergency lighting monitoring system. The perfect solution to multi-campus projects with a browser based holistic user interface.

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2022

2022

In 2022 we added LiteMesh Local. This lowered operating costs for wireless emergency lighting projects. The robust and secure signal provided by LiteMesh and the simplicity of its operation was unrivalled.

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2023

2023

Following his many years of experience within the company, in January 2023, Steve Green took over as Managing Director of Liteplan. Steve has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the company, our processes and the emergency lighting industry as a whole. He will bring a fresh approach to the evolution of Liteplan for many years to come.

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2024

2024

As we celebrate our 30th year of supporting the OEM lighting manufacturers, we are proud that we retain our core values and ethos that have supported our success over these years. Our consistent stock levels continue to provide our customers with confidence that we can support them with quick turnaround for their projects. As an independent family company, our customers continue to have direct contact with us at director level for the ultimate in rapid support.