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The Craig Fahle Show

Sheila Cockrel: Shinola Wants to Bring Manufacturing Back to Detroit

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

A company that hopes to reinvigorate manufacturing in Detroit is finally launching it's first products here. To start, Shinola, will manufacture watches, commuter bikes, leather goods, notebooks and Shinola cola. Chief Operations Officer, Heath Carr tells Guest Host, Sheila Cockrel, that Shinola is in collaboration with some great American manufacturing companies to get these things done—Edwards Brothers Malloy Paper in Detroit, Horween Leather in Chicago, and Hadley-Roma straps in Largo, Florida, to name a few.

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