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.
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.
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
2015
- L&L™ enters aerospace distribution agreement with D.H. Sutherland.
2014 - 2005
2011
- L&L™ acquires DECI-TEX® technologies from Australia- based I.N.C. Corp. to expand its product line and customer base.
2004 - 1995
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
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.