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Headquartered near Detroit in Troy, Michigan, [1] the Tier 1 supplier has manufacturing operations across North America, Europe and Asia. [2] The company’s Advanced Development Center in Taylor, Michigan , is a dedicated facility for developing new plastics coating technology.
Detroit Body Products (1965) Furniture City Plating Company (1965) Lenape Hydraulic Pressing & Forging Company, acquired from Charles Moore (1965) Rea Auto Supply (1965) Winkler Auto Parts (1965) General Plastics (1966) H. Koch & Sons (1966) O & S Bearing & Manufacturing (1966) Paramount Pictures (1966)
Each of the plastics and metals operations operated individually until 1996, at which time they united under one parent company, Gemini Group, Inc. The company is one of the largest employers in Huron County, Michigan , where it operates four plastics plants and three metals plants. [ 1 ]
In 2008 it changed its name from Laird Group PLC to Laird PLC. [7] The company subsequently expanded in electronics with acquisitions such as Wisconsin based LS Research in November 2015 [8] and German based Novero in December 2015. [9] In March 2018 Advent International made an offer for the company valuing at £1 billion. [10]
LSI acquired Cuckler Steel Span Company (operated as Cuckler Building Systems Division) in 1970. The purchase of the Haas Corporation inaugurated the company's plastics division, and American Industrial Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of thermo, plastic, and fiberglass safety helmets, represented LSI's entry into plastics manufacturing.
It began with a rural post office named Laird in August 1887. The office was closed in October 1888 but was restored in November 1888. When J.V. Alston became postmaster in April 1902, the community and post office were renamed for him. The office continued to operate until June 1957. [5]
Laird (earlier lard) is the now-standard Scots pronunciation (and phonetic spelling) of the word that is pronounced and spelled in standard English as lord. [3] As can be seen in the Middle English version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, [4] specifically in the Reeve's Tale, Northern Middle English had a where Southern Middle English had o, a difference still found in standard English two and ...
Detroit Assembly Complex – Mack, previously known as the Mack Avenue Engine Complex, is a Stellantis North America automobile assembly factory in Detroit ...