Lippert (LCI Industries) Acquires Freedman Seating Company
April 29, 2025
Lippert Components, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of LCI Industries, has acquired substantially all of the business assets of Freedman Seating Company, a Chicago-based manufacturer of transportation seating solutions. The acquisition expands Lippert’s product offering into seating and vehicle interiors for bus, rail, marine and commercial vehicle markets and preserves Freedman’s Chicago operations.
- Buyers
- Lippert Components, Inc. (LCI Industries)
- Targets
- Freedman Seating Company
- Sellers
- Freedman Seating Company (Freedman family)
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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