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Leggett & Platt

0JTTManufacturingUnited States

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.

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Leggett & Platt at a glance

Leggett & Platt is a manufacturing company headquartered in United States. It is publicly listed (0JTT) with a market capitalisation of $1.4B. Xcout tracks 19 named people at Leggett & Platt, including Karl G. Glassman (President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman).

Industry
Manufacturing
Headquarters
United States
Market cap
$1.4B
Employees
15,900
Ticker
0JTT

Leggett & Platt leadership

  • Karl G. GlassmanPresident, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman
  • Benjamin BurnsExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
  • Charles HutchinsVice President & Chief Tax Officer
  • J. David YoungSenior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
  • Lindsey N. OdafferExecutive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Tammy TrentSenior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer

13 more named people on record for Leggett & Platt, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →

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Leggett & Platt competitors

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Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.PKOH · ManufacturingCleveland, United States
65% matchPublic

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. is a global, diversified industrial company that delivers specialized supply chain management solutions, sophisticated capital equipment, and precision-manufactured components. Its operations span across the United States, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada, and other international territories. The company's activities are organized into three primary segments: Supply Technologies, Assembly Components, and Engineered Products. The Supply Technologies division provides extensive supply management services, encompassing everything from engineering and design consultation, part usage and cost analysis, and supplier vetting, to quality assurance, barcoding, product packaging and tracking, just-in-time and point-of-use delivery, electronic invoicing, and ongoing technical support. This segment also supplies spare and aftermarket parts, as well as various production components such as valves, fuel hose assemblies, electro-mechanical hardware, and steering components. Furthermore, it engineers and produces high-precision cold-formed and cold-extruded fasteners, including specific items like locknuts, SPAC nuts, and wheel hardware. Within the Assembly Components segment, Park-Ohio manufactures a range of products including aluminum components, direct fuel injection fuel rails and pipes, fuel filler pipes, flexible multi-layer plastic and rubber assemblies (like turbocharging and coolant hoses), and fluid handling systems. This segment also offers machining services and integrated value-added support, such as design engineering and part assembly. The Engineered Products segment focuses on designing and manufacturing highly specialized industrial equipment. Its product portfolio includes induction heating and melting systems, pipe threading systems, and forged and machined products primarily for industries like ferrous and non-ferrous metals, silicon, coatings, forging, foundry, automotive, and construction equipment. This division also engineers and installs mechanical forging presses, sells replacement parts, provides on-site field services, and produces structural components for the aerospace and defense sectors, along with rail products such as railcar center plates. Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. was established in 1907 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Market cap$702.6M
Employees6,300
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三菱製鋼5632 · Steel ManufacturingTokyo, Japan
62% matchPublic

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd. is a long-standing industrial firm, established in 1917, primarily involved in the manufacturing and distribution of steel products, components for construction and automotive industries, and various types of machinery and equipment. Its extensive portfolio of steel products includes hot-rolled special steel bars tailored for construction and automotive parts, specialized steel bars for industrial applications, non-heat-treated steels, and a wide array of springs such as coil, heavy-duty coil, leaf, coiled wave, flat, super alloy, and wire springs. The company also produces stabilizer bars, insert molded parts, high-precision assemblies, press and multi-forming machines, precision and wear-resistant castings, special steel forgings, and specialized materials alongside machined products. In the realm of machinery and equipment, Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. offers items like forging presses, forging manipulators, ring rolling mills, cold forging presses, magnetic separators, link conveyors, buckets, vibration isolators, scaling systems, and other general industrial machinery. It also manufactures outer casings for gas turbines, pressure vessels, and steel working products. Beyond manufacturing, the company provides research and development services and distributes a selection of specialized items. These include additional automotive and construction machinery parts, wear-resistant teeth designed for shellfish harvesting, and robust tire chains for wood processors.

Market cap$233.5M
Employees3,864
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L.B. Foster CompanyFSTR · ManufacturingPittsburgh, United States
69% matchPublic

L.B. Foster Company is a global provider of specialized, engineered, and manufactured solutions tailored for building and infrastructure development. Its "Rail, Technologies, and Services" division supplies new and used rail to diverse clients, including passenger and short-line freight railroads, industrial enterprises, and rail construction contractors. This segment also delivers a comprehensive array of rail accessories, such as track spikes, anchors, bolts, angle bars, and tie plates. Furthermore, it offers specialized items like power rail, direct fixation fasteners, coverboards, and trackwork components, alongside the design and production of insulated rail joints and related parts. The division's portfolio extends to advanced solutions for friction management, railway condition monitoring, wheel impact detection, wayside data collection, and engineered concrete ties, complemented by ongoing aftermarket support. The "Precast Concrete Products" segment manufactures a variety of custom precast concrete items. These include sound barriers, burial vaults, bridge beams, box culverts, septic tanks, and other pre-stressed products designed for the transportation and broader infrastructure sectors. This segment also constructs prefabricated concrete buildings, used as public restrooms, concession kiosks, and protective storage units, primarily for national, state, and municipal parks. Meanwhile, the "Steel Products and Measurement" segment focuses on highway construction and repair, offering bridge decking, railings, fabricated structural steel, expansion joints, and bridge forms. Additionally, this division produces threaded pipe products essential for industrial water wells, irrigation systems, and the oil and gas industry. It also provides protective pipe coatings for energy pipelines and utility applications, as well as precise measurement systems specifically for the petroleum market. The company reaches its customers through both direct sales and an extensive network of agents. Established in 1902, L.B. Foster Company maintains its corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Market cap$367.6M
Employees1,057
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Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.LECO · ManufacturingCleveland, United States
67% matchPublic

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., an enterprise established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1895, operates globally, focusing on the innovation, production, and sale of equipment and materials for welding, cutting, and brazing applications. The company is organized into three distinct divisions: Americas Welding, International Welding, and The Harris Products Group. Its extensive product portfolio encompasses a broad spectrum of welding machinery, including arc welding power sources, plasma cutters, wire feeding systems, automated robotic welding setups, comprehensive automation solutions, and fume extraction devices. Additionally, Lincoln Electric provides a variety of consumables such as electrodes, fluxes, various welding accessories, and specialized welding and fabrication materials. Beyond welding, the firm manufactures computer-controlled plasma and oxy-fuel cutting systems, along with regulators and torches essential for oxy-fuel welding, cutting, and brazing. It also supplies consumable alloys for the brazing and soldering markets. The company maintains a retail presence within the United States. Furthermore, it fabricates copper and aluminum headers, distributor assemblies, and manifolds specifically for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) sector in both the U.S. and Mexico. Lincoln Electric serves a wide array of sectors, including general fabrication, energy and process, automotive and transportation, construction and infrastructure, heavy fabrication, shipbuilding, and maintenance and repair. Its offerings are distributed to end-users via direct sales, industrial distributors, retail channels, and independent agents.

Market cap$14.3B
Employees12,000
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Mueller Industries, Inc.MLI · ManufacturingCollierville, United States
64% matchPublic

Mueller Industries, Inc., established in 1917 and based in Collierville, Tennessee, is a global manufacturer and distributor of various products crafted from copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic. The company operates internationally, with a presence in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, the Middle East, China, and Mexico. Its business is divided into three key segments: Piping Systems, Industrial Metals, and Climate. The Piping Systems segment offers a comprehensive range of products including copper tubing, fittings, line sets, and pipe nipples. It also provides PEX plumbing and radiant heating systems, as well as plastic injection tooling. Additionally, this segment resells items such as steel pipes, brass and plastic plumbing valves, malleable iron fittings, faucets, and other plumbing specialties, alongside supplying water tubes. Its primary customers are wholesalers in the plumbing and refrigeration industries, distributors serving the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle markets, building material retailers, and air-conditioning original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Industrial Metals segment specializes in producing rods from brass, bronze, and copper alloys; plumbing brass, valves, and fittings; and cold-formed aluminum and copper products. It also performs machining on aluminum, steel, brass, and cast iron impacts and castings. Furthermore, this segment manufactures brass and aluminum forgings, various valves (brass, aluminum, stainless steel), fluid control solutions, and gas train assemblies. These products are primarily supplied to OEMs across the industrial, construction, HVAC, plumbing, and refrigeration sectors. Finally, the Climate segment provides valves, protection devices, and brass fittings specifically for commercial HVAC and refrigeration OEMs. It also delivers high-pressure components and accessories for the air-conditioning and refrigeration markets. A significant offering includes coaxial heat exchangers and twisted tubes, which are utilized in diverse applications such as HVAC, geothermal, refrigeration, swimming pool heat pumps, marine, ice machines, commercial boilers, and heat reclamation. This segment also supplies insulated flexible duct systems for HVAC, along with brazed manifolds, headers, and distributor assemblies.

Market cap$13.3B
Employees5,168
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Preformed Line Products CompanyPLPC · ManufacturingMayfield, United States
64% matchPublic

Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC), along with its subsidiaries, specializes in the design and manufacturing of a comprehensive range of products and integrated systems. These solutions are vital for constructing and maintaining overhead, ground-level, and underground network infrastructures across various industries, including energy, telecommunications, cable operation, and information technology. Their offerings encompass specialized formed wire products engineered to support, safeguard, terminate, and secure power conductors and communication cables, while also managing cable dynamics. Furthermore, PLPC provides diverse hardware components intended to brace and shield transmission conductors, such as spacers, spacer-dampers, stockbridge dampers, corona suppression devices, and various compression fittings used in dead-end applications. The company also produces protective closures essential for shielding fixed-line communication networks, including both copper and fiber optic cables, from moisture, environmental hazards, and other potential contaminants. Additional products include hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, resale items, underground connectors, solar hardware systems, guy markers, tree guards, fiber optic cable markers, pedestal markers, and urethane products, serving a multitude of applications in the energy, renewable energy, communications, cable, and specialized sectors. PLPC serves a global clientele, reaching public and private energy utilities, communication companies, cable operators, financial institutions, government agencies, contractors, subcontractors, distributors, and value-added resellers throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company markets its products via both an internal direct sales force and through manufacturing representatives. Established in 1947, Preformed Line Products Company is headquartered in Mayfield, Ohio.

Market cap$1.9B
Employees3,401
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