G&O News

Guy & O’Neill, Inc (Fredonia, WI) is expanding its building footprint due to increased growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Working around the clock to manufacture disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizing products, and a variety of cleaning products, G&O continues to rapidly grow. 

The construction will begin Monday, April 5, 2021 on a 125,000-square-foot warehouse addition on the south end of 200 Industrial Drive. The new building will serve as a warehouse space complete with high-density racking, push-back racking, shipping offices and bathrooms. The addition will also include seven dock doors. 

“We continue to grow to meet the needs of our customers, and we need more warehouse space to handle the increased flow of raw materials and finished products through our facility.” said Patrick Weber, Supply Chain Director.  Added Jeff Brooks, CEO of Guy & O’Neill, “We are pleased to continue to invest in the Fredonia area and appreciative for the community’s support of Guy & O’Neill. This warehouse expansion helps support our infrastructure needs, and we continue to look for more employees to join our growing and thriving family.”

The project is due to be completed this fall.

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Guy & O'Neill is named one of Milwaukee’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® by the National Association For Business Resources for the 2021 calendar year. 

The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® competition identifies and honors companies that deliver exceptional human resource practices and an impressive commitment to their employees. Organizations are assessed based on categories such as communication, work-life balance, employee education, diversity, recognition, retention and more.

The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® is a national program with annual symposium and award galas presented in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Houston, Milwaukee, San Diego, and San Francisco. Visit www.thebestandbrightest.com for more details.

Guy & O’Neill, Inc has received national recognition in the manufacturing sector by Energage’s “Top Workplaces” program for Industry and Culture Excellence.

“This award is further evidence that we are improving our culture and community. Guy & O’Neill will continue to champion positive change in our culture and we are thankful to our employees for their active participation and engagement to continue to make G&O a thriving workplace.” said CEO Jeff Brooks.

This award recognizes outstanding accomplishments and contributions of a company across business-relevant culture categories, including Empowering Employees, Woman-Led, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Formal Training, Compensation, Work-Life Flex, Top Managers, and more.

Jeff added “Guy & O’Neill is growing and expanding, and we are committed to create a great place to work in an environment which brings out the best of each individual.”

The results are based on data collected from Energage’s Top Workplace Survey taken by a company’s’ employees. See the full list here: https://topworkplaces.com/award/manufacturing/2021/150-499/y

G&O recently welcomed the Fox 6 News WakeUp crew to our Fredonia, WI facility to feature G&O on their morning news program.  Fox 6 interviewed several employees throughout the morning to learn more about our history, our culture, the products we make, our high quality standards and how the products we make help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Fredonia, WI, July 1, 2020 — Guy & O'Neill has been named one of the Nation’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For^® by the National Association For Business Resources for the year 2020. This is the second year in a row that G&O has achieved national-level recognition. 

Only companies that are making better business, creating richer lives and building on a stronger community are awarded this honor. The program identifies and honors companies that deliver on exceptional human resource practices in such areas as employee commitment, information technology, financial services, and manufacturing and marketing services.

National recognition like this is not new for G&O, who is rapidly growing to become one of the leading manufacturing companies in the Milwaukee Metro area. G&O previously received the National Best & Brightest Award for the year 2019 as well as regional honors for both 2019 and 2020.

Jeff Brooks, Chief Executive Officer at Guy & O’Neill, said "On behalf of the entire G&O team, we are very excited to receive national recognition as a Best and Brightest Company for a second year in a row. We are very proud of our accomplishments and are committed to making our company an outstanding place to work and thrive.”

Visit https://thebestandbrightest.com/programs/winners/ for more information.