Leggett & Platt, Incorporated announced that its Board of Directors appointed Mitch Dolloff as Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2022. Mitch currently serves the Company as President and Chief Operating Officer. In addition, Karl Glassman will retire as the Company's CEO effective December 31, 2021 and will become Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mitch joined Leggett in 2000 in the Mergers & Acquisitions department, transitioned to operations, and has successfully led various of operations for the past two decades, including global Automotive business and more recently, global Bedding business. Mitch was appointed President of the Automotive Asia Division in 2011 and President of the Automotive Group in 2014. He became Senior Vice President and President of the Specialized Products segment in 2016 and was appointed Executive Vice President and President of the Specialized Products and Furniture Products segments in 2017. Mitch transitioned to Chief Operating Officer in 2019 and assumed the role of President of the Bedding Products segment in 2020 through August of this year. He joined the Board of Directors in 2020.
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated is a manufacturer that conceives, designs, and produces a range of engineered components and products found in many homes and automobiles. The Companyâs segments include Bedding Products, Specialized Products and Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products. Bedding Products segment supplies a variety of components and machinery used by bedding manufacturers in the production and assembly of their finished products, as well as produces private label finished mattresses for bedding brands. Specialized Products segment supplies lumbar support systems, seat suspension systems, motors and actuators, and control cables used by automotive manufacturers. It also produces and distribute tubing and tube assemblies for the aerospace industry and engineered hydraulic cylinders used in the material-handling and construction industries. Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products segment supplies a range of components for residential and work furniture manufacturers.