With global shipping logistics resembling a harried crow’s nest these days, toy manufacturers with domestic operations are happily producing and delivering goods, tangle free. Moreover, many are expanding their facilities and increasing levels of production. Meanwhile, toy companies with overseas production arrangements battle delays and rising costs, which may impact the number of foreign-made gifts under the trees in homes throughout the country this year.
The trend to manufacture toys stateside encompasses large and small-scale producers alike. Toward the high end of the scale, Cra-Z-Art, which is powered by LaRose Industries, is upping the number of its products that are made within U.S. borders. Cra-Z-Art currently has the largest pencil factory in America, and the New Jersey-based company touts more than one million square feet of space in Florida and Tennessee.
