Media & Music

Lyon & Healy Chicago

Lyon & Healy makes about 1,000 harps annually, much like they were made beginning 130 years ago — mostly by hand. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has two Lyon & Healy harps, each valued at about $93,000.

Pi Design Prints Chicago

Lauren Bautista’s handmade posters, coasters and digital papers are influenced by a love of anime and video games.

PCA Chicago

PCA, or Packaging Corporation of America, has several manufacturing facilities that print and cut out point-of-purchase displays seen in stores, as well as corrugated boxes.

Smashed Plastic Record Pressing Chicago

When it opens in January 2019, Smashed Plastic will become the first vinyl record pressing plant to open in Chicago in almost four decades.

Stockwell greeting cards Chicago

Started as a design studio in 1992, Stockwell started printing greeting cards and has now sold around 400 million of them.

Wicks Organ Company Highland

For 112 years, Wicks has built organs that have ended up everywhere from cathedrals to pizza parlors.

WGN Flag and Decorating Company Chicago

WGN (no relation to the broadcasting network) has been making flags, poles and banners in South Chicago since 1916. Its handiwork includes the Bulls and Blackhawks championship banners that hang in the United Center.