LGH Winches (Formally known as Rotrex) has a 40-year history as Europe’s leading provider of winches and winch expertise. Our European operations include a depot in Antwerp, Netherlands, and another in Antwerp, Belgium. We also serve our German market with equipment from locations in Essen and Hamburg. We have three locations in the UK – Derby, London, and Glasgow.
LGH WInches is a Europe-based business providing a wide range of winch hire, winch sales, winch service, and winch support solutions as well as maintenance, inspection, testing, refurbishment, and installation of high-level access and fall protection equipment. LGH Winches originally developed its business and market reputation as Lifting Gear Hire Ltd which was founded in 1970 in Atherton, near Manchester.
Steady growth to become the market leader – Over 30 years, LGH grew organically and by acquisition to be the largest lifting gear and winching plant hire company in the UK, with successful overseas operations in the USA, Netherlands, and Germany.
A time of acquisition – In the early 1990s, LGH (now LGH Group plc) acquired NIM Winches, based in Alfreton, Derbyshire. This acquisition greatly strengthened the group’s winch capacity and expertise, being complementary to the lifting gear hire business.