Lister Petter is a British company with assembly lines in India, China and elsewhere, that manufactures internal combustion engines for industry.
[3] In 2000, with Schroders looking to exit, the firm was bought through a £13.5M management buyout, enabled through selling the original Lister factory site to the South West Regional Development Agency.
Lister Petter's main product, the 'Alpha' series of sub-2-litre engines, is also available in spark ignition forms for running on natural gas or propane.
[6] L-P also manufactures and sells biodiesel plants, allowing customers to produce their own fuel for diesel engines.
Lister Petter have agents in France, the United States, China and India, which market their products and carry out final assembly of larger items such as generating sets from imported parts.