Innovative Solutions
Since 1958
Our Corporate History
It all started more than 60 years ago when two friends from high school joined together to start a business that operated out of the former Ebeling Dairy building in Almont, Michigan. Bob Ligon and Gene Lane started making small trim clip prototypes in Gene’s home oven and, over time, turned this small two-person operation into a multinational corporation. From the start, Bob and Gene generated a strong foundation of values that have carried on throughout L&L's history. Today we pride ourselves on Being a Good Place for All Who Touch it, which includes employees, customers, suppliers, and the local communities.
2025
- Detroit Free Press Names L&L Products a Top Workplace for Fourth Year Running
- L&L Products EcoVadis Score to top 15% companies Silver Rating
- L&L Products Brazil is awarded 2024 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award
- John Babi Appointed to President of L&L Products Americas
- Hwashin 1st Place Supplier of the Year Award and General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for L&L Products in Brazil
- Extension of L&L Products Altorf for scaling up InsituCore Production line
- L&L™ extends its focus to the composites industry
- Celebrating Nemo Backpack commercial success equipped with CCubed®.
2024 - 2015
2024
- Ecovadis achieves 2024 EcoVadis Silver rating
- L&L Launches InsituCore™ a foaming materials for composite manufacturing
- L&L Products announces distribution agreement with Composites One
- L&L India awarded platinium quality award from Ashok Leyland Ltd
- L&L Products awarded Macomb business award in the Hometown Hero Category
- PHASTER™ is added to L&L’s suite of products and solutions
2023
- L&L Products wins Greatest Places to Work by Newsweek and Michigan Top Workplaces Award by Detroit Free Press
- CCubed™ innovative cushioning material is launched
- CCubed™ wins ISPO Textrends Award
- L&L Europe wins Toyota Motor Europe (TME) award
- For the 3rd time in a row, L&L achieves Gold Rating for Sustainability from Ecovadis
- L&L Products India wins JBM Group supplier award
- L&L Products Romeo wins GM supplier of the year
- 100% renewable energy use in L&L Products Turkiye
- L&L Products Romeo expands its production footprint and L&L Products France completes office remodel
2022
- L&L Products awarded two awards for the L&L CCS™ composite seatback design on the 2022 Toyota Tundra: SPE Automotive Innovation Award and Altair Enlighten Award
- Continuous Composite Systems™ integrated into its first BiW application and first electric vehicle, 2022 F-150® Lightning™
- L&L™ Singapore opens R&D and manufacturing facility to support APAC development
- L&L™ India implements Solar Power for Pune facility
- L&L™ Romeo campus breaks ground for facility expansion
- L&L™ India wins “Best Supplier Quality Award 2022” from JBM Group, India
2021
- L&L™ wins the prestigious Altair Enlighten Award Winner for L&L CCS™ technology for achievements in vehicle weight savings
- L&L Products launches technology line, T-Link®, the advanced engineering thermoplastic resin that can be used to create lightweight, highly customizable composite structures
- Commercialization of L&L Reinforce L-9060 – FST aircraft interior edge and core filler compound
- L&L Products North America awarded Nissan Quality Master award
- L&L™ wins General Motors 30th Annual Supplier of the Year award
- L&L™ achieves 2022 EcoVadis Gold Medal rating
2020
- L&L™ wins General Motors 29th Annual Supplier of the Year award
2018
- L&L™ India relocates to new production facility
- L&L™ opens a new office in Munich, Germany
- Focuses advancing R&D efforts around composites
- L&L™ partner with a local supplier in Malaysia to support extrusion demand for automotive OEMs
- L&L™ establishes presence in Malaysia and Singapore
- State-of-the-art manufacturing facilities built in India and Brazil
- Product development for sealing and structural reinforcements continues with TRI-Seal®, Continuous Composite Systems™ (CCS™), and a new generation of structural foams
2017
- L&L Products celebrates 60 years of innovation
2016
- L&L™ Brazil begins manufacturing in a dedicated facility.
- L&L™ extends its focus to the commercial vehicle market.
- L&L™ India becomes solely owned by L&L Products
2014 - 2005
2013
- L&L™ Czech Republic opens operations
2012
- Development of room-temperature curing adhesives and sealants takes place
2011
- L&L™ acquires DECI-TEX® technologies from Australia- based I.N.C. Corp. to expand its product line and customer base
2009
- Joint venture was created with L&L India and begins manufacturing
2006
- Increased sales and development focus is put on the Commercial Vehicle industry
- L&L Products Türkiye is established and begins manufacturing
2005
- L&L Products China is established and opens operations
2004 - 1995
2004
- L&L Products Korea presence is established
2003
- L&L™ enters the aerospace market and wins its first business
- CORE Products becomes wholly owned and is renamed L&L Products® Europe
2001
- Development of HOT Seals, high expandable sealants, takes place
- L&L™ focuses on its global reach by opening operations in Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and Poland
- CORE Products begins manufacturing in France and opens sales locations throughout Europe
- Structural foam applications gain market acceptance
- Further focus on product development takes place while L&L™ emerges with structural foams, tapes, Composite Body Solutions™ (CBS™), and eXtrude-In-Place (XiP®) technology
1997
- L&L™ molds its first CBS and nylon products
1996
- L&L™ of Japan opens and L&L™ of Mexico opens, along with a new presence in Brazil
1995
- L&L™ partners with Gurit-Essex, a Swiss company, and CORE Products now serves the European automotive industry
1993 - 1985
1993
- Weld-through, structural tapes and structural foaming materials are developed
- Year 2020 Vision initiative progresses
- Successful global collaboration increases across L&L™ organizations
- L&L™ offers its customers complete vehicle sealing with the development of high expandable products
1984 - 1975
1981
- Development of sheet extrusion, and die-cutting take place
1974 - 1965
1974
- L&L™ develops expandable rubber adhesives and increases investment in R&D as noise, vibration, and harshness become a priority for US automakers
- Investments in research & development increase with the construction of a dedicated facility to support material development in Romeo, MI
- L&L™ establishes its customer-responsive business model, working directly with customers to understand their problems and engineer customized solutions
1964 - 1955
1961
- L&L™ begins its operations in Romeo, MI USA and expands its business with plastisol dipping
- The use of crushable mastic washers for sealing automotive and gasket nuts become part of the business
1957
- Bob Ligon & Gene Lane establish L&L Products, Inc.® to solve an automaker’s trim clip problem