Badger Basket Badger Basket has been a part of many families for almost 100 years, and we hope to be invited into your home, too. Our company began as a veneer factory that opened in 1911. Since then, it has evolved into a premier manufacturer of baby and juvenile products. Badger Community Badger Basket is proud to sponsor community events, including a championship Little League baseball team! This winning team, made up of kids in 2nd through 5th grades, won the Edgar Little League Tournament in the Minor League category on August 9-10, 2003. The team is coached in part by a member of our office staff. Badger History The Beginning Badger Baskets long history began in 1911 in Edgar Wisconsin. Back then, the company was known as Edgar Veneer & Mfg. Company. It was a veneer plant and cheese box manufacturer. This did not last long. In 1912, the plant was sold to Eugene and Albert Erny. By 1918, the Ernys had changed the companys name to Edgar Basket and Manufacturing Company, and the company began manufacturing veneer-covered, woven baskets. This included small woven fish baskets, market baskets, and other related products. It was a successful enterprise, and a large woven basket was sent to the Worlds Fair in Chicago during the 1930s. In 1939, the Ernys sold the company to Harry and Alvina Henrichs. They changed the name to Henrichs Box Company. This might have been the end of the story, except that in 1944, Elenor and William Erny bought the company back. At this point, the company was renamed, becoming Standard Container Company. Since the company still manufactured baskets as its primary business, the Ernys also used the name Badger Basket Company as a trade name. The Ernys continued to manufacture veneer woven baskets, woven clothes baskets and clothes hampers through the 1950s. They eventually added a line of woven picnic baskets. In 1959, the plant building burned to the ground. Only a small brick section that housed the boiler and maintenance room survived the fire. The Ernys constructed a new one story building in early 1960 and production resumed. In 1966, the building was again hit by fire. This time, the fire burned the center part of the plant. Fortunately, the damage was minor and the plant went back in production within two weeks. Badger Today Today the plant is owned by William Ernys daughter, Janet. The company has a large line of baskets, hampers, and juvenile furniture ( particularly bassinets and changing tables ) and a line of over 40 doll furniture items.