Products Made in Michigan

Lumber camps and Upper Peninsula copper and iron mines fed Michigan's first industries, and Grand Rapids was known for furniture by the late 1800s. Detroit then became the center of the car industry. Henry Ford started the moving assembly line at Highland Park in 1913, and parts, tool and die shops spread through the suburbs and smaller cities. Battle Creek became a cereal town, and Gerber began making baby food in Fremont in 1927. Gerber still makes baby food in Fremont, and Cargill makes Diamond Crystal salt in St. Clair. In the Detroit area, Mack's earplugs come from Warren, Inline Tube bends brake and fuel lines in Shelby Township, American Beauty Tools makes soldering irons in Troy and Eppinger has made Dardevle lures in Dearborn since 1906. Midwest Snips has made snips in Sturgis since 1945. Uncle Goose makes wooden blocks in Grand Rapids, Bloem molds planters in Hudsonville and Wysong makes pet food in Midland. Up north, Stormy Kromer sews caps and coats in Ironwood, Beavers Lures paints spoons in Escanaba and Big Jon builds downriggers in Interlochen.