LEGGET & PLATT HAS MATERIALS ORIGIN VERIFIED
Furniture Today, March 16, 2015
CARTHAGE, Mo. — After a supply chain trace, the steel in Leggett & Platt’s innerspring’s has earned 100% Made in USA Certified status.
To achieve the status, Leggett said it had a third-party verifier of country of origin claims traced raw materials to their sources and examined the supply chain.
“For more than 130 years, people have trusted Leggett & Platt innerspring’s for comfort and support. We’re proud to continue showing our commitment to quality while supporting American families, jobs, and the economy,” said Eric Rhea, president of the Bedding Group at Leggett & Platt.
Leggett & Platt’s steel originates in its mill in Sterling, Ill., where recycled scrap metal is turned into steel rod. That rod is drawn into wire at one of the company’s wire mills and then formed into innerspring’s.
“Shoppers may not ask about every step of our process, but Made in USA matters to a lot of people,” said Mark Kinsley, staff vice president of marketing for the Bedding Group. “We want our manufacturing and retail partners to be able to tell the story of homegrown products on the sales floor.”
As mattress shoppers enter stores, they may see Made in USA Certified hang-tags showing which products earned the designation.
Why Made in USA Matters
Your customers will ask for American-made products because they know American manufacturing is a big deal – it supports over 17 million jobs across the country and contributes over 12% to U.S. GDP. Buying American keeps those jobs going and keeps our economy thriving. And, when you buy a product made here, you can be sure you’re getting American quality and not a cheap, foreign knock-off. So be ready to show customers your American-made products.
About the Made in USA Certification
CERTIFIED Inc. is the United States’ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and independent 3rd party Certification Source for “Made in USA, Product of USA – Country of Origin Claims”. The CERTIFIED Technology team is experienced professionals with extensive, pioneering backgrounds in systems integration, software development, encryption, load balancing, electronic signatures, and data collections and national analysis… all on a worldwide scale who have developed a proprietary system of certification authentication, big data recovery, and analysis.
