Recognizing National Safety Month

June is National Safety Month, a time to pause and reflect on the importance of employee health and safety. At L&P, safety is our top priority – it’s how we put people first. We pride ourselves on our year-round commitment to the well-being of our employees, not just during the month of June. 

Tim Budrick, our Vice President of Environmental Health, Safety, and Sustainability, shared a few impactful words as we embark on this important month:

“Safety is embedded in every task, every decision, and every interaction. A strong safety culture is built when we identify risk early and refuse to wait for an incident to tell us what we should have seen.”

Over the past year, L&P has made meaningful steps to make our workplace safer. We’d like to take this month to recognize how our employees are prioritizing the safety and care of each other.

Leggett & Platt: Where We Work

Our work is shaped by teams located around the world, bringing local knowledge, diverse perspectives, and shared values to everything we do. While our people may speak different languages, we’re connected by a common commitment to collaboration and putting people first.

Our facilities support a wide range of industries and customers, with teams working together across time zones to deliver reliable, quality products every day.

Honoring Our Fallen

Today, we pause to honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Their courage and dedication remind us of the true cost of liberty. As we enjoy this day, let’s take a moment to remember and thank those who have served.

What We Make at Leggett & Platt

At Leggett & Platt, we design and produce the engineered components that support how products function, feel, and perform.

Our work includes mattress and seating components that enhance comfort, automotive systems that support safety and ride quality, hydraulic cylinders used in industrial equipment, and specialized components for furniture, flooring, and textiles.

While these parts often work behind the scenes (within your products), they play an essential role in the products people rely on every day.

Embracing the Change Leadership Conference

We were proud to help sponsor a leadership conference in Carthage, Missouri, that brought together local professionals for an inspiring morning of forward-thinking conversations. Events like this help our employees and community members feel empowered to leave a lasting impact wherever they go in life.

Centered around the theme “Embracing the Change,” the event highlighted adaptive leadership, AI adoption, building resilience, and more. Many of our employees attended and two of them were speakers!

Megan Marin, IT Collaboration Tools Manager, led a session on using AI to work smarter: “Even those new to AI can use LLMs – like Copilot, GhatGPT, or Claude – to get ideas on how they can work smarter and learn new skills,” she shared. “My top prompt tip would be to ask AI how it can help. Include some details like your job duties, role, or explain a pain point at work in your prompt.”

Katelyn Pierce, Strategic Planning Analyst, answered questions on generations in leadership as part of a panel discussion. When asked to give the audience one action to strengthen their leadership skills, she said, “Build others up and give recognition where it is due. We can’t accomplish things on your own – it’s a team effort.”

Thank you to the Carthage Chamber of Commerce for organizing and to everyone who joined us and contributed to this empowering event!

Leggett & Platt: Who We Are

We are a global manufacturer that creates engineered products found in homes, workplaces, and vehicles around the world. Founded in 1883, we focus on components that improve comfort, performance, and everyday life – often in ways you don’t see, but definitely feel.

With operations across the globe, our strength comes from the people who show up each day to do meaningful work. Across teams, locations, and roles, we’re connected by shared values, a commitment to quality, and pride in what we make, and how we make it.

National Skilled Trades Day

On National Skilled Trades Day, we celebrate the machinists and skilled trades professionals whose knowledge and experience power our operations.

Skilled trades are critical to manufacturing today – and to the future of our business. Thank you to our team members who apply their expertise every day to keep us moving forward.

Sustainability Through Their Eyes: Employees Share Sustainability-Inspired Photos

To celebrate Earth Month, we asked our employees to share their photos that showcase sustainability. We received so many wonderful submissions and chose five that will be published in our 2026 Sustainability Progress Report:

In addition, we want to share some more of the outstanding submissions we received:

Corporate Green Team Hosts Earth Day Event

Did you know approximately a garbage truck’s worth of clothes are burned or dumped into a landfill every second? We didn’t either, but now we do after attending an Earth Day event hosted by our Corporate Green Team!

During the event, employees could learn more about sustainability-related topics, donate used items to a local Humane Society, grab a free native Missouri tree and other goodies, and enter to win a gift basket with sustainable items. 

Check out some photos from the event below!

DYK: Solar Installations at L&P

Did you know we have seven onsite solar installations across Europe and China – and we’re adding solar panels to three additional sites this year?

We know that prioritizing sustainability – like installing solar panels – isn’t just good for business. It’s good for people and our planet. Every day, we strive to advance sustainable solutions for our customers, reduce environmental impacts of our products across their lifecycle, and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.