Made in Sarasota

Sarasota-Based Intimate Apparel Brand Kilo Brava's Industry Roots Go Deep

Kilo Brava is sold direct to consumers, but owner Kristin Bear also has wholesale deals with national retailers like Nordstrom and Anthropologie.

05/04/2026 By Megan McDonald

Made in Sarasota

Artist Patrick Thomas Parnell Has Built a Successful Toy Business Based on His Comic Book Characters

Parnell's North Port home doubles as his toy development studio.

04/01/2026 By Megan McDonald

Made in Sarasota

The Resource Factory Creates Million-Dollar, Glass-Fiber Sculptures for Major Multinational Corporations

Some of the company's sculptures are small enough to hold in your hand; some of them are as big as 35 feet long, 25 feet wide and 25 feet tall.

03/01/2026 By Megan McDonald

Made in Sarasota

Evan Nicolaides Makes Award-Winning Heirloom Knives in His Sarasota Studio

Every Esnyx knife is made made by hand and based on a design that dates back to the 1700s. "There's a lot of soul to them," he says.

02/03/2026 By Megan McDonald

Made in Sarasota

Gary Drouin’s Retro Tube Amplifiers Have a National Market

Drouin, 72, meticulously hand-builds and repairs amplifiers from his home garage for tube amp devotees around the country.

09/04/2025 By Megan McDonald

Made For Life

Former Tervis CEO Hosana Fieber and Founding Family Member Rogan Donelly Take Over Osprey Store

That means customers can still walk in for warranty service and same-day customization while Tervis LLC focuses on wholesale.

08/29/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Made in Sarasota

Made in Sarasota: MosquitoPaQ Sunscreen and Repellant

Summer just got more bearable.

03/29/2017 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Made in Sarasota

Bradenton-Based Tropicana is the World's Largest Producer of Branded Juice

The nationally known OJ is made right in Manatee County.

03/01/2017 By Pam Daniel

Made in SRQ

Made in Sarasota: Aso Bandages

Aso's east Sarasota HQ cranks out billions of wound-care products and oversees operations in the U.S., Mexico, the Philippines and Europe.

02/01/2017 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Cup, Cup and Away

Made in Sarasota: Tervis Tumbler

The nearly indestructible cup is the ideal sipping device.

09/28/2016 By Cooper Levey-Baker