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L.A. Darling
L.A. Darling Company is one of the oldest and most diversified Store Fixture Manufacturers in North America. As part of Marmon Retail Store Fixtures, a sector of The Marmon Group, a majority owned company of Berkshire Hathaway, L.A. Darling has unsurpassed financial backing providing the ability to support the needs of the world's largest retailers.
History
People often ask us the origin of the L.A. Darling name. The company was founded in 1897 as the Ideal Fixture Company in Coldwater, MI. The first company plant was located in nearby Bronson, MI. In the early part of the 20th century, Lewis Archer Darling bought the company and changed its name to L.A. Darling Company. In 1960, the Pritzker family of Chicago purchased L.A. Darling and it joined what later became The Marmon Group of companies, an international association of more than 130 autonomous business units. In 2008 a majority share of the Marmon Group was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. "Marmon is our kind of company" Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.