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Made in Illinois: Horween Leather

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015 01:07 PM

Hoeween Leather

Horween Leather has been producing quality leather goods for over 100 years. The Chicago-based company has been family-owned since its inception and is one of the oldest continuously running tanneries in the United States. 

The company produces leather using mostly cowhide and horsehide. This top-of-the-line leather is then used to make a number of products, such as wallets, purses, shoes, brief cases and more.

They also provide leathers to Rawlings, Wilson Sporting Goods, Spalding and other sporting goods companies to produce baseballs, footballs, basketballs and baseball gloves. In fact, official football leather was developed by Arnold Horween, Sr., who played professional football and coached football at Harvard. The company has been producing this leather for over 60 years.

Horween is known for its quality leather goods, and the product has continued to be handmade, just as it was generations ago.

For more information visit: http://horween.com/

Made in Illinois: Simply Amish Furniture

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:45 AM

Simply Amish

Simply Amish Furniture, based in Arcola, IL, has been making quality, top-of-the-line wood furniture since 1979. In a time when people in the city had to travel to the country to get good quality furniture, a group of family members joined forces with a vision to bring Amish furniture to the city.

The family-owned business started when co-founder, Kevin Kauffman, learned the trade from his father. Soon after, Kauffman expanded his vision when he joined forces with his brothers and uncles. Now Simply Amish Furniture has a nationwide distribution system.

The company has multiple collections of handmade custom furniture, each item built to order and distinctively made for the customer. Their custom furniture ranges from beds to desks, and from tables to storage pieces – all built in the Amish tradition.

For more information: http://www.simplyamish.com/

 

 

How Indiana learned the economics of inclusion the hard way

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Monday, April 27, 2015 03:11 PM

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As Indiana spends millions of taxpayers’ dollars in a public relations scramble to salvage its reputation in the wake of ill-fated policies promoting intolerance, a different scramble is going on in neighboring, inclusive Illinois.

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Rockford manufacturer among most competitive in the country (VIDEO)

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Friday, March 13, 2015 04:01 PM

Thomason Machine Works

Thomason Machine Works in Rockford has been in business since 1978 and continues to produce much the same product they did nearly 40 years ago.

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Chicago named best U.S. city to relocate and expand businesses

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Wednesday, March 04, 2015 04:46 PM

Chicago named best U.S. city to relocate and expand businesses

Site Selection Magazine has named Chicago the best city in the United States for businesses to relocate to and expand in 2014, the second consecutive year it has won that honor.

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