About LeanIQ
The industrial world deserves better tools.
LeanIQ is an industrial intelligence hub built for the people who design, build, and maintain the physical world. One platform bringing together authoritative news, meaningful community discussion, and trusted supplier connections. Across every major industrial sector.
Why we are building LeanIQ
If you work in industry, you already know the problem. Your morning starts with a dozen browser tabs: one trade publication for policy news, another for technical updates, LinkedIn for networking (buried under irrelevant content), and a spreadsheet of suppliers you have not verified in years.
Information is scattered. Communities are fragmented. Supplier discovery is still, remarkably, driven by word of mouth and trade show business cards. The industrial sector, which accounts for roughly 20% of UK GDP, has been underserved by generic digital platforms built for consumer audiences.
LeanIQ exists to change that. We are building a single, purpose-built platform where industrial professionals can access curated intelligence, connect with peers, and find the right suppliers, without the noise.
What LeanIQ offers
Curated News
Authoritative industry news filtered by sector, technology, and region. No clickbait. No irrelevant consumer stories. Just the intelligence you need.
Professional Community
Sector-specific forums where engineers, operations leads, and procurement professionals share real insights. Not self-promotion.
Supplier Directory
A verified, searchable directory of industrial suppliers. Peer-reviewed ratings, capability profiles, and direct contact. No more guesswork.
Sectors we cover
LeanIQ spans the full breadth of industrial activity. Whether you work in a precision machine shop or a nuclear decommissioning programme, this platform is built for you.
Manufacturing
Production engineering, lean operations, quality systems, and process optimisation.
Aerospace
Civil and defence aviation, MRO, space technology, and propulsion systems.
Nuclear
New build programmes, decommissioning, fusion research, and regulatory compliance.
Logistics
Supply chain management, warehousing, freight, and last-mile delivery.
Automotive
EV transition, powertrain development, ADAS, and tier-one supplier networks.
Defence
Procurement, military systems, dual-use technology, and sovereign capability.
Energy
Renewables, grid infrastructure, hydrogen economy, and carbon capture.
Built by industry, for industry
LeanIQ was founded by professionals who spent years working across manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering, and grew frustrated with the lack of a single, reliable platform for industrial intelligence.
We watched colleagues waste hours each week piecing together information from trade magazines, LinkedIn groups, email newsletters, and outdated supplier databases. We saw talented engineers isolated in their specialisms, with no easy way to connect with peers in adjacent sectors who faced identical challenges.
So we decided to build the platform we wished had existed. LeanIQ is not a media company bolting on community features, nor a social network adding industry content as an afterthought. It is a purpose-built hub designed from the ground up for the people who keep industry running.
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LeanIQ is currently in development. Register your interest to secure founding member status and help shape the platform.
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