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Daily Reporter - Hancock County, Indiana
TOP BUSINESSES AT A GLANCE Indiana Box
In demand: Indiana Box is in the middle of a major expansion in 2012.
Novelty Inc. Address: 351 W. Muskegon Drive, Greenfield What they do: This company markets various novelty items — toys, pins, patriotic items, knickknacks — to gas stations and convenience stores. Licensed products include NASCAR-themed items, and in-house artists
design novelties just for the company, as well as packaging for imported novelties. Employees: 127 Worth noting: Greenfieldbased Novelty acquired Kipp Brothers Toys, a company that’s been around since 1880, earlier this year. Novelty opened a Kipp store at 491 W. Muskegon Drive,
Address: 2200 Royal Drive, Greenfield What they do: The county's fastest growing industrial employer started as a pallet processor and manufacturer in Greenfield in the 1950s. When that location burned in 1999, operations were moved to the current location. Indiana Box is now a member of the Royal Group, specializing in corrugated products and packing supplies and has a large number of clients in the medical field.
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the west side of its Greenfield headquarters. The store features a variety of novelty item merchandise: Pez dispensers, stuffed animals, inspirational religious items, sunglasses, Frisbees, miniature cars, pom poms and more.
Employees: 40 (plans to add 30 in the next five years) Worth noting: Indiana Box has plans to expand its current facility, adding an additional 47,000 square feet for storage and manufacturing.
Online: www.noveltyinc.com
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