Just in time for the Christmas season, a local toy company is setting up shop at a new location in Northeast Ohio and donating more than $100,000 in plush toys to children in need.

Just in time for the Christmas season, a local toy company is setting up shop at a new location in Northeast Ohio and donating more than $100,000 in plush toys to children in need.

Metro Wild Republic donating Huggers plush toys to homeless children for #GivingTuesday Updated: Nov. 28, 2017, 2:00 p.m. | Published: Nov. 28, 2017, 1:00 p.m.

At Twinsburg-based Wild Republic, a commitment to being environmentally friendly and ethically responsible has been part of the fabric of the company that specializes in making plush toy animals since ...

Vishnu Chandran now runs the Wild Republic, a family-owned and operated toy manufacturer in Twinsburg founded by his grandfather as K&M international. It's a company with about 400 employees ...

Moreover, it highlights how the zoo and aquarium industry's sustainability innovations inspire the broader $104.7 billion toy industry to adopt greener practices. Wild Republic Founder G.B. Pillai ...

SSA and Wild Republic first disrupted the industry in 2017 with the successful launch of the Quest toy line that eliminated the use of single-use plastic packaging.