LMC Industrial Contractors was founded in 1982 by Lawrence Mehlenbacher in Avon, New York as a mechanical contracting company focused on process piping. In order to expand the company and facility its growth, Lawrence purchased the Foster Wheeler Facility in 2005. Located directly off Interstate 390, just south of Rochester, New York this facility provided key essentials for expansion. The facility supported LMC’s operations with a covered 650,000 sq. ft. production facility, and a 55 acre storage yard sitting on 89 acres. The facility is serviced by the short rail line operator Rochester & Southern. LMC has over 350 employees which include; API 1104, ASME, AISC & AWS certified welders and fabricators, NACE painters & blasters, licensed & NCCCO Trained crane operators & riggers, millwrights & carpenters, HVAC service group, engineering and locomotive employees. LMC’s shop capabilities include the PythonX CNC Plasma cutting system, 2 large plate rolls, automated welding machines, Koike burn table, vertical and horizontal drills, 500 ton press brake, shears, punches, saws, various size paint & blast booths (Crane Accessible), and over 600 ton of crane capacity. In addition, LMC owns a fleet of mobile cranes, excavators, dozers, loaders, man-lifts, and various other pieces of equipment in the main yard and on job sites.

Alleghany’s objective is to create value through owning and managing operating subsidiaries and investments, anchored by a core position in property and casualty reinsurance and insurance. Alleghany is managed by a small company staff which seeks out attractive investment opportunities, delegates responsibilities to competent and motivated managers, sets operating subsidiary goals, assists managers in the achievement of these goals, defines risk parameters and appropriate incentives and monitors progress against long-term objectives. The operating subsidiaries function in an entrepreneurial climate as quasi-autonomous enterprises.