Leggett & Platt Inc

Leggett & Platt Inc, based in Joplin, MO, is dedicated to enhancing lives through quality products that provide comfort and innovative solutions. With a commitment to evolving in various industries, the company's offerings impact homes, offices, and everyday life. The organization also emphasizes a responsibility towards sustainability, striving to implement advanced solutions throughout its operations. By fostering empowering careers, Leggett & Platt aims to contribute to a better future for both its employees and the communities it serves. Generated from the website

Leggett & Platt Incorporated is a recognized hardware manufacturer that conceives designs and produces a variety of engineered components and products for customers worldwide. Based in Carthage, Mo., the company's main operations include metal stamping, forming, machining, coating, welding, wire drawing, and assembly. It manufactures components for office furniture, drawn steel wire, automotive seat support, carpet underlay and bedding industry machinery. Leggett & Platt Incorporated's customers include automobile seating and bedding manufacturers, along with Telecom, cable, home service and delivery companies.

Leggett & Platt was formed in 1883 as a business partnership between J.P. Leggett and C.B. Platt. Leggett was an inventor and had several patents to his credit. When he developed the idea for a spiral steel coil bedspring, Leggett went to his brother-in-law, Platt, for his manufacturing capability and expertise. The company designs and manufactures a variety of engineered components and products, including retail store fixtures and point-of-purchase displays, carpet underlay, adjustable beds, components for office furniture, non-automotive aluminum die castings, drawn steel wire, components for residential furniture and bedding, automotive seat support and lumbar systems, and bedding industry machinery for wire forming, sewing and quilting. The company reported sales of more than $5 billion in 2006 and is ranked on the Fortune 500. Leggett & Platt employs approximately 33,000 people at more than 300 facilities in more than 20 countries, including its corporate headquarters in Carthage, Mo.