Our Corporate History

• 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 30^th 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

2015

• L&L™ enters aerospace distribution agreement with D.H. Sutherland.

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

• 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

• 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.

1981

• Development of sheet extrusion, and die-cutting take place.

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.

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.