L&M expanded its operations westward to Platteville, WI. Equipped with the EMBA 245 Flexo Folder Gluer, the Platteville facility allowed L&M to serve new and existing markets in and around the area.
L&M Corrugated Container Corporation was established in 1979 in Zion, Illinois by Dick Lopes, a well-versed industry executive with prior experience working at a prominent Chicago packaging firm.