Furniture made to last
Steve Beigle’s Chesterton store Circles in the Wind sells made-to-order furniture produced by Amish carpenters in northern Indiana.
Business Profile
Born from a crisis
Pandemic inspires Rensselaer family to launch PPE-making company Indiana Face Mask, which began making FDA approved surgical face masks in March. The company produces between 40,000 to 50,000 surgical face masks weekly.
Delivering ahead of curve
During the early weeks of the pandemic, Joshua Railton, owner of DineIn, said his company’s residential orders were up 22%. DineIn, which launched in 1993, was ready for the uptick.
Brewing up success
Entrepreneurs’ decades-long journey culminates with opening of multiple Fluid Coffeebars • Husband-and-wife team Charles and Alison Scates.
Made from scratch
Marilyn’s Bakery & Café focuses on seasonality, a nod to Indiana’s farm culture and home produce growers, Barbara Tracy said.
Dreamy peanut butter success
Since 2014, B.Nutty has grown from a fundraising idea to a global operation that now makes gourmet peanut butter in a 16,000-square-foot production center in Portage.
CBD oil boom just beginning
Colorado-based PHM Brands saw an opportunity in Northwest Indiana to tap into the CBD oil boom by purchasing the former Prinova facility.
Making trays in Portage
Israeli-based MCP finds perfect location to build on manufacturing success of food storage containers Eyal Tenenbaume, CEO of MCP Performance Plastic Ltd. in Portage, beams when a client or new acquaintance recognizes the distinct style and design of the tray and container products his company manufactures. Throughout the company’s 42-year history in Israel, where primary
Unexpected innkeepers
Valparaiso Inn Bed and Breakfast offers guests 130-year historical perspective A stroll in Valparaiso’s historic Washington Street District in 2012 led couple James Berman and Lizbeth Bryant down a path they never expected. The Mother’s Day walk was the inspiration for eventually buying a 130-year-old three-story mansion. The eight-bedroom landmark residence built at the turn