Description

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated is a global enterprise specializing in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of a diverse array of engineered components and finished products. The company organizes its extensive operations into three primary business segments: Bedding Products; Specialized Products; and Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products. In its Bedding Products division, Leggett & Platt provides everything from fundamental materials like steel rods, drawn wires, innersprings, and specialty foams, to finished goods such as private-label mattresses and adjustable beds. It also supplies essential machinery for bedding production, including equipment for making innersprings, industrial sewing and quilting machines, and mattress packaging and glue drying systems. Customers for these products range from industrial manufacturers of finished bedding to major big-box and e-commerce retailers, specialty mattress stores, department stores, and home improvement centers. The Specialized Products segment caters to a variety of industries, including automotive, aerospace, and mobile equipment. For automotive seating, it offers mechanical and pneumatic lumbar support and massage systems, along with seat suspension systems, motors, actuators, and cables. Additionally, this segment manufactures specialized tubing (titanium, nickel, and stainless-steel), formed tubes, tube assemblies, and flexible joint components for fluid conveyance systems, as well as engineered hydraulic cylinders, serving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their Tier 1 suppliers. Furthermore, the company's offerings for furniture include steel mechanisms and motion hardware crucial for reclining chairs, sofas, sleeper sofas, and lift chairs. It also supplies springs, seat suspensions, various components, and private-label finished goods for soft seating, along with foundational chair parts such as bases, columns, backrests, casters, frames, and control devices. Finally, within its Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products segment, Leggett & Platt produces items like carpet cushion, hard surface flooring underlayment, structural fabrics, and geo-components. These products are supplied to a broad commercial and industrial clientele, including manufacturers of upholstered and office furniture, flooring retailers and distributors, construction contractors, landscapers, road construction companies, general retailers, government agencies, and producers of mattresses, packaging, filtration, and draperies. The company was established in 1883 and maintains its headquarters in Carthage, Missouri.