La Crosse’s Inland Packaging is a finalist for Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC)’s Manufacturer of the Year Award. The 34th Annual Award Ceremony is recognizing 26th finalists out of the state’s 9,000 manufacturing companies.
Inland is a global manufacturer of printed labels and flexible packaging. It began more than 76 years ago in La Crosse and is in its third generation of local ownership, with Mark Glendenning as the current CEO.
Headquartered in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inland also has facilities in Neenah, Wisconsin and Downingtown, Pennsylvania with strategic supply chain relationships worldwide.
WMC says manufacturers who are finalists show a commitment to quality careers, good business practices, financial growth, innovative processes, and reinvestment into local communities.
Inland is listed in the Large Category with 250-499 employees. Winners will be announced February 16 at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.
WMC says the manufacturing sector in Wisconsin:
- employs more than half-a-million people and
- produces $68 billion in economic output for the state.