What Lighthouse Industries does

Lighthouse Industries, Inc. is a privately held plastic manufacturer founded in 1999 and headquartered in Michigan City, Indiana. The company operates a single 32,000+ sq. ft. manufacturing facility running on a 24/5 schedule and serves enterprise customers in the automotive, medical, military, and broader industrial and commercial sectors. Its stated customer base spans audio, commercial truck, electrical, fire protection, plumbing, and promotional product categories in addition to its three primary verticals.

Name

Lighthouse Industries

Legal name

Lighthouse Industries, Inc.

Website

https://lighthouseindustries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lighthouse Industries is a privately held U.S. plastic manufacturer in Michigan City, Indiana, specializing in injection molding, tooling, and fabrication for enterprise customers across the automotive, medical, military, and industrial sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Michigan City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Injection Molding Services: Manufacturing services for injection molding production runs, serving both short and long-term production requirements with volumes ranging upward to several million per job order.
2. Tooling and Mold Manufacturing: Custom mold building for automotive, medical, and military applications with 250K to 1MM shot warranties. In-house tooling department provides ongoing support.
3. Engineering Services: Engineering review including product design review, performance requirements analysis, compliance tolerancing, tooling needs assessment, program timing, training requirements, and special packaging requirements.
4. Custom Sourcing Services: Manufacturing and supply chain management solutions through vertical integration and international sourcing partnerships, providing best blend of cost, manufacturing processes, and time to market.
5. Value-Added Services: Additional services including blow molding, castings, metal stampings, assembly, pad printing, ultrasonic welding, insert molding, over molding, packaging, drop shipping, warehousing, plating, shielding, painting, and automated assembly equipment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Lighthouse Industries provides custom plastic injection molding, in-house tooling, and complementary fabrication/assembly services from a 32,000+ sq. ft. facility in Michigan City, Indiana. The company serves automotive, medical, and military/defense customers with press tonnage ranging from 30 to 1,500 tons and full engineering support including DFM, Mold Flow, and scientific molding practices. Offerings are delivered as turnkey contract manufacturing from concept through production.

Product overview

Lighthouse Industries is a total solution provider for plastic molding needs, operating as a single unified manufacturing services platform. The company offers five core interconnected services: Injection Molding (the primary production capability with 30-1,500 ton press capacity), Tool & Die/Tooling Services (in-house mold building with 25+ years of experience), Engineering Services (product design review and process optimization using DFM and Mold Flow analysis), Medical Compliance Services (for regulated medical device applications), and Custom Sourcing (domestic and international supply chain management). These services are supported by Value Added Services including assembly, welding, packaging, and finishing operations. The company also operates related brands Roll Control (accessory systems for diving, fishing and boating) and Quick-Trench (pre-sloped trench drainage systems) as separate business entities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• First company to manufacture a single piece plastic prostate cancer seed implantation template using injection molding

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Roll ControlminorOthersReferenced as a related company operating under the Lighthouse Industries umbrella. Roll Control provides complete accessory systems for diving, fishing and boating.
• Quick-TrenchminorOthersReferenced as a related company operating under the Lighthouse Industries umbrella. Quick-Trench provides pre-sloped 6", 12" and shallow trench drainage systems.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Plastic Components Inc: Midwest US injection molding company with strong automotive focus. Directly comparable to Lighthouse for automotive tier-supplier services and regional contract manufacturing presence.
• Mar-Bal: Specialty plastics manufacturer producing molded components and engineered materials. Comparable to Lighthouse in custom molding capabilities serving regulated and industrial markets.
• Custom-Pak: Custom injection molding company serving appliance, industrial, and consumer markets. Comparable to Lighthouse as a contract molder offering tooling and value-added services.
• EVCO Plastics: Custom injection molding services provider serving medical, industrial, and consumer markets. Directly comparable to Lighthouse as a mid-sized contract injection molder offering tooling, engineering, and value-added services.
• Rodon Group: Custom injection molder specializing in high-volume production with in-house tooling. Comparable to Lighthouse in offering tooling-plus-molding under one roof for industrial and consumer customers.
• Tessy Plastics: Contract injection molding and assembly company with strong medical device and consumer products focus. Directly comparable to Lighthouse in service breadth, vertical exposure, and target customer profile.
• Mack Molding: Vertically integrated contract manufacturer offering injection molding, tooling, and assembly. Directly comparable to Lighthouse as a multi-capability plastics manufacturer serving regulated and industrial customers.
• Steere Enterprises: Ohio-based custom injection molder serving automotive and industrial markets. Directly comparable to Lighthouse for automotive molding and Midwest US contract manufacturing footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Hoerbiger: Global engineering company with automotive, industrial, and safety components businesses. Comparable as a broader incumbent supplying engineered components into similar automotive and industrial end markets.
• Phillips Plastics (Molex): Formerly a major independent custom injection molder, now part of Molex (a global electronics interconnect specialist). Comparable as a broad incumbent offering contract molding at significantly greater scale than Lighthouse.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lighthouse-industries-inc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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