Our History
Trend Manufacturing Company is a computerized manufacturing and fabrication facility that produces laminate countertops and work 
surfaces for fabricators, cabinet dealers, contractors, builders, and home centers throughout the Midwest. Originally founded in 1970 by Ted Liebig Sr. as a small one man sales agency, the company expanded significantly over the next several decades both organically and through the full or partial acquisition of other laminate countertop manufacturing companies in the Midwest.
In 2001, the Liebigs entered the stone countertop business by launching StoneTrends LLC in Chesterfield, MO. Over the next several years, significant capital investments were made, and the stone operation relocated into a nearby 75,000 SF facility fully equipped with automated, state of the art stone fabrication equipment. An unparalleled commitment to the maintaining the highest standards of quality and customer service has cemented Trend Manufacturing and StoneTrends reputations as industry leaders in the laminate and stone countertop business to this day.
Today, we are a third generation business comprised of (5) five separate countertop manufacturing operations located in St. Louis and Kansas City that are either wholly or partially owned and operated by the Liebigs. These companies furnish and install laminate countertops, Cambria quartz (Lexus), and residential and commercial casework for builders, dealers, remodelers, and General Contractors throughout Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Southern IL.
COMPANY TIMELINE
1970
October 10, 2018
Ted Liebig Sr. commences operations of Trend Manufacturing Company along the Spirit of St. Louis Blvd.
Read more1947
October 10, 2018
St. Louis native Ted Liebig Sr., A WWII veteran and POW survivor and operates a one man sales organization in Hanley Industrial Court. One of his product lines includes a product called Textolite from G.E which was the first generation of Hi pressure laminate used in the production of postformed…
Read more1975
October 10, 2018
Having returned to St. Louis from Phoenix following a decorated career in the Air Force that included two tours in Vietnam, a Silver Star Award, and a success as an Air Force Flight Instructor, Ted Liebig Jr. becomes President of the company.
Read more1984
October 10, 2018
Trend Manufacuturing expands its operations and relocates from Spirit Drive to its current location at 18181 Edison Avenue
Read more1993
October 10, 2018
On July 30th, The Great Flood of 93 deluges the entire Chesterfield Valley with over eleven feet of Missouri river water. Trend Manufacturing, along with hundreds of other companies, are immediately forced to suspend operations indefinitely until the water subsides. After over three months of intensive cleanup, and thanks to…
Read more1996
October 10, 2018
Ted Liebig III returns to St. Louis to join the business. Trend Manufacturing acquires 50% of Countertop Supply, a small postforming countertop operation in Gridley KS. The company is renamed Countertop Trends LLC.
Read more1997
October 10, 2018
Trend Manufacturing undergoes a major software conversion process and completely re-engineers its manufacturing operations by installing fully automated countertop equipment utilizing the latest technology in the industry
Read more2000
October 10, 2018
The Liebigs start StoneTrends LLC and officially enter the stone countertop business.
Read more2001
October 10, 2018
Trend Manufacturing acquires a 50% interest in a Double C Industries in Blue Springs, MO and immediately expands into the commercial casework business.
Read more2004
October 10, 2018
Trend Manufacturing acquires a majority interest in TrendStone LLC in Lenexa KS and commences it’s stone fabrication business in Kansas City.
Read more2005
October 10, 2018
StoneTrends and Trendstone LLC become the exclusive Cambria quartz Lexus partners for the St. Louis and Kansas City markets, respectively. StoneTrends expands rapidly and relocates from its original 16,000 SF facility on Goddard Avenue into a fully automated 75,000 SF facility along Chesterfield Airport Road.
Read more2015
October 10, 2018
Ted Liebig III acquires Trend Manufacturing and its laminate subsidiaries from Ted Liebig Jr. Ted Liebig Jr. continues to own and operate StoneTrends LLC and TrendStone LLC.
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