Left The production team Estee workers manufacture mattresses for a variety of uses, including in trucks, on cots and in dorm rooms.
plier and helping its customers meet new requirements in their industries, the manufacturing facility has earned ISO/TS 16949 certification, an internationally recognized quality management system based on ISO 9001 and tailored to the automotive industry supply chain. Enright entertains no thought of returning to the retail bedding sector. “It’s so competitive in the Chicago market and I can’t imagine the advertising and personnel I’d
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have to invest in,” he says. But he is open to other changes to the company. In 2010, Estee launched an e-commerce website that sells commercial mattresses, as well as pillows, pads and protectors. As far as succession planning goes, Enright holds out hope. He says the oldest of his four children interned at the plant last summer and “has expressed interest in joining the family business.” ■
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