Illini/Altco (PPAI 111235, Gold) returns to the list this year at No. 51 – a big leap from its place at No. 91 last year. Longevity and growth go hand-in-hand at the company that’s been producing an extensive line of hard goods including glassware, desk essentials and tech products since 1949. In 2018, the company moved into its state-of-the-art facility in Vernon Hills, Illinois, to embrace cutting-edge technologies like UV printing. In 2024, it transitioned to a new ERP system to better manage accounting, procurement, supply chain and manufacturing.
Last year, the company increased its sustainability by changing from peat pellets to coconut coir pellets and packaging them in polybags made of 99 percent post-industrial recycled content.
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