Lear Corporation, based on the Boulevard Industry Park in Speke, has its headquarters in Southfield, Michigan, USA.

The company focuses on automotive interior systems and is the world's fifth-largest automotive supplier. The company's world-class products are designed, engineered, manufactured, validated and delivered by over 115,000 employees in more than 300 facilities located in 33 countries.

The company was founded in 1917 in Detroit as American Metal Products, a manufacturer of tubular, welded and stamped assemblies for the automotive and aircraft industries. Lear has grown to meet the changing needs of the industry with 17 major acquisitions since 1994. Today, the company exclusively serves the global automotive industry and creates all six interior systems: seat, instrument panel/cockpit, door and trim, overhead, flooring and acoustic and electronic and electrical distribution. There is a Lear product in over 300 nameplates around the world.

The plant in Speke manufactures seats for the X-Type Jaguar that is built at Halewood.