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Leggett & Platt, a 142-year-old Missouri-based furniture and components manufacturer, is set to lay off nearly 100 employees when it shutters its factory outside of Lexington, Kentucky, the Courier Journal reports . The company attributes the closure to challenges related to tariffs on imported components and lower customer demand. As of December 2024, it had 119 facilities in 18 countries and employed 17,700 people, most of whom hold production roles.
While new tariffs on home products have left many companies in a sta