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Chelsea Teddy Bear Company
Chelsea, MI
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What does one hundred thousand teddy bears look like...
Well come and see 100,000 teddy bears in our 35,000 sq./ft. warehouse and production facility located in the historic Clock Tower Complex, in downtown Chelsea, Michigan.
FACTORY TOURS
Tours will be open to the public on Saturdays at the following times:
11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Private group tours may be scheduled for any day Monday through Saturday....Click here for more details...
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Ford Rouge Factory
Dearborn, MI
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Ford Rouge Factory Tour is a self-guided five-part experience that
includes: Legacy Theater, Art of Manufacturing Theater, Observation
Deck, Dearborn Truck Plant and the Legacy Gallery. Theater seating is
limited to 79 guests per show; shows run continuously until 4:00 PM and
are seated on a first come first serve basis.
Legacy Theater
Learn about the triumphs and tragedies surrounding the Rouge, much of it
told through rare, never-before-seen historic footage.
Approximate time: 13 minutes
Art of Manufacturing Theater
A multi-sensory theater experience including a 360-degree look at how
automobiles are made!
Approximate time: 14 minutes
Observation Deck Tour
View the world's largest living roof from our 80-...Click here for more details...
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General Motors Flint Assembly Plant
Flint, MI
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General Motors Flint Assembly Plant - A full Walking Tour right along the actual assembly line.
View the production of three different types of GM's 1-ton trucks including the trim process, right through to the completed product (painting and welding are not part of this tour)....Click here for more details...
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Hoegh Pet Casket Company
Gladstone, MI
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Tour the factory, the display room and the model pet cemetery....Click here for more details...
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Jayco RV's
L'Anse, MI
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We invite you to get to know Jayco better. Please, come see us the next time you're in the area. Our Visitors Center, a renovated 1880's farmhouse located adjacent to our general offices, is open weekdays, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time (except holidays). While here, you can see historical Jayco photos and memorabilia; purchase logo'd apparel and merchandise; walk through our display of new products; and take a free tour of our manufacturing facilities....Click here for more details...
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Jiffy Mix
Chelsea, MI
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Chelsea Milling Company is operated by a family whose roots in the flour milling business date back to the early 1800’s. We have been milling flour here in Chelsea for over one hundred years.
Mabel White Holmes, grandmother of our President, Howdy S. Holmes, developed and introduced to the homemaker the first prepared baking mix product, “JIFFY” Baking Mix, in the spring of 1930. Currently we offer 18 “JIFFY” Mixes. Our mixes provide you, our consumer, with the best value available.
Chelsea Milling Company is a complete manufacturer. We store wheat. We mill wheat into flour. We use that flour for our own mixes. We make our own "little blue" boxes. We do it all-that's why our mixes provide you with the best possible value. Value i...Click here for more details...
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Morley Candy Makers and Sanders Candy Factory
Clinton Township, MI
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Morley Candy Makers is the largest producer of chocolates and confections in Michigan and is among the largest in the United States as well. Each year Morley Candy Makers use over 1,000,000 pounds of their own blend of milk and dark chocolate, as well as eleven other blends, such as sugar-free and ivory chocolate.
The candymaking starts by melting blocks of our own smooth, creamy chocolate down in huge melters, so it can be poured over one of our many tasty centers.
Much of that chocolate gets poured over our famous "copper kettle" recipe caramel used to make both vanilla caramels and, when mixed with fresh southern pecans, our spectacular Pecan Torties® !...Click here for more details...
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Stormy Kromer Mercantile/Jacquart Fabric Products
Ironwood, MI
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Retired semi-pro baseball player, railroad engineer and general tough character Stormy lost a few too many hats to the icy wind whipping through his locomotive.
On a cold morning in 1903, Stormy asked his beloved wife, Ida, to help him modify one of his many hats from his baseball days by sewing ear flaps on the thing. The newly revised cap also featured a soft flexible visor — and was a great departure from the traditional engineer hats of the era. But to Stormy, the best part of his modified cap was that it managed to stay right where it belonged — on his head — high winds and all.
And that's it. That's where it all began.
It was just a matter of time before the Stormy Kromer cap became so popular — first among other locomotive e...Click here for more details...
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Veldheer’s
Holland, MI
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De Klomp, a long time favorite of West Michigan visitors, produces several thousand pairs of wooden shoes each year, in a variety of ways. De klomp is Holland’s only factory to offer the three styles of carving: Hand carving with Elmer, visitors get a real feel for wooden shoes as Elmer starts with a solid block of wood, chops it into a rough form of a shoe, clean cuts its outsides with a special tool brought in from the Netherlands. Style 2 takes the block of wood and carves the pair of shoes on semi automatic machines. Style 3 finishes carving the shoes on fully automatic Dutch machines.
Our delftware factory is the only production factory in America making the Dutch pottery from scratch. We begin with dry powdered clay mixing with spe...Click here for more details...
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Weathergard Windows
Oak Park, MI
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Weathergard is a family owned and operated business that the Detroit area residents have counted on for many years. Weathergard is licensed by the state of Michigan and fully insured.
Over the years, Weathergard has strived to be the No. 1 innovator of new technology as it applies to the vinyl window business. Weathergard was the first vinyl window manufacturer to offer a fully welded window lineup. Weathergard was the first to offer Warm Edge Technology for the glass units. Weathergard was first to offer standard Low - E/Argon glass units in all windows. Weathergard has always been a leader not a follower.
Weathergard believes in offering the highest quality products coupled with expert professional installation at a very competitive...Click here for more details...
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