The Lee Company

The Lee Company is a family-owned and operated maker of miniature precision fluid control products, in business since 1948. Its website describes itself as a world leader in the field, supplying aerospace and defence, automotive, diagnostics, industrial and off-highway, medical equipment, scientific instruments, motorsports, oil and gas, power generation, data centre and other industries, with more than 75 years of engineering experience.

Product range

• Plugs that seal passages in any manifold or housing
• Check valves, pressure relief valves, shuttle valves and shut-off valves
• Flow restrictors and flow metering valves for flow control in mission-critical applications
• Solenoid valves for precise control of flow, pressure and repeatable dispensing
• Nozzles that direct flow or spray patterns for cooling, lubrication, atomising and coating
• Safety screen filters that protect against contamination and debris
• Pumps for precise and adaptable fluid pumping

Aerospace and space

For aerospace and defence the company says its components have been produced since the dawn of the Jet Age and are found in thousands of locations on every aircraft in the sky. Interactive pages show where Lee components are used on commercial aircraft and next-generation fighters, including flight controls, fuel management, engine actuation, landing gear, thrust reversers, utility systems and weapons. For space, it says its components have been involved in spaceflight since before NASA existed, covering space exploration, telecommunications, satellite observation and recent commercial New Space efforts, from CubeSats to crewed space exploration.

Support and locations

The company offers technical sales engineers and a support team, engineering handbooks and a product finder. It has subsidiaries and sales offices in several regions, including one for the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Middle East in Chalfont St. Peter, one for France, French-speaking Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and North Africa, and a Scandinavian presence, plus global distributors and agents. It also keeps a Museum of Early Engineering Technology.

Events

The Lee Company is listed as an exhibitor at Space Comm Expo 2027, Space Tech Expo USA 2027 and Small Satellite Conference 2027.

Contact

The Lee Company is listed under Manufacturers, Space.
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