Elkhart-based Lippert Components celebrates a major milestone in 2016 as the company commemorates 60 years in business.
Founded in 1956 by Lawrence (Larry) Lippert as a galvanized and aluminum roofing business for the manufactured housing industry, Lippert Components has evolved to become an industry leader of premium components, serving the RV, manufactured housing, trailer, bus, marine, and heavy truck industries.
A week-long celebration for LCI employees was held the week of May 16 to 20 to commemorate the company’s 60th year.
LCI operates 45 facilities spread throughout Canada, the United States and Italy, and employs more than 7,000 people worldwide. LCI has completed more than 40 acquisitions in the last 16 years, and grown to become a $1.4 billion revenue company. “LCI has become the company it is today because of people, both inside and outside our organization,” said Jason Lippert, CEO of Lippert Components and Drew Industries. “To our employees, past and present, thank you for your tireless efforts to make LCI great. I want to especially thank our customers who have stuck with us through good times and bad. At LCI, we have always put our customers first, building long-lasting relationships built on trust, and I think that really shows today.”
Lippert continues with excitement for the next 60 years. “Our long term growth strategy is to keep growing in both our core RV and manufactured housing markets and our adjacent markets, including bus, heavy truck, marine, trailers for boats, live-stock, equipment and other cargo, and specialty vehicles. We will also keep pushing more resources to expanding sales in the aftermarkets for RV, manufactured housing, trailer and marine, and in international RV markets, while continuing to look for attractive acquisition opportunities across all of those segments.”
