Pitchers, drinkware and food storage molded in Elk Grove Village, Illinois since 1961
✅ American Manufacturing
Where Arrow Home Products products are made
Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Arrow states that its products are produced at its home in Elk Grove Village, a manufacturing suburb northwest of Chicago, and that it invests in manufacturing technology, material innovation and its own people there.
BPA-free plastics
Arrow’s pitchers, tumblers and servers are molded from BPA-free, food-safe polypropylene. The company lists the material and the BPA-free claim on individual product pages rather than only in marketing copy.
Built for the refrigerator
Much of the line is designed around daily refrigerator use: pitchers sized to fit door shelves, carry handles for easy dispensing, and stain- and odor-resistant bodies meant to be refilled and reused.
Arrow’s origin labels vary by item, and that difference is the reason this profile carries an American Manufacturing badge rather than an unqualified Made in USA one. Some Arrow products are marked simply “Made in USA”; others are marked “Made in USA of domestic & imported parts”. The company’s own framing is that it is “committed to American Manufacturing technology, material innovation, and investing in our people to consistently produce high quality, inspired products right here at our home in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.” Buyers who need a fully domestic item should check the label on the specific product.
The story
Arrow Home Products makes the sort of goods that are easy to overlook and hard to replace: the refrigerator pitcher, the picnic tumbler, the covered relish server. The company has been making them in the United States since 1961.
Its base is Elk Grove Village, Illinois, one of the largest concentrations of industrial plants in the country, sitting just west of O’Hare. Arrow describes that address as its home rather than simply a facility, and frames its customers as friends and neighbors rather than a market.
The company’s stated promise — Live Inspired. Start at Home. — ties the products to the rooms they end up in. Arrow’s argument is that the standards it holds in its own building are what make the moments in yours possible, which is an unusually domestic way for a plastics manufacturer to talk about itself.
What that looks like in practice is a line built around reuse. Arrow’s pitchers and containers are designed to be refilled rather than replaced, made from BPA-free food-safe polypropylene, and sized for the appliances people actually own.
Why they matter
Plastic housewares are among the easiest categories to move offshore. Injection molding is portable, tooling travels, and the margins on a $12 pitcher reward whoever can make it cheapest. Most of the plastic drinkware sold in American stores reflects that.
Arrow Home Products is one of the companies that kept the molding here. Sixty-plus years in the same country and the same suburb means tooling, maintenance and skilled molding jobs that stayed in Illinois instead of being bid away.
It also means the labels are honest enough to read. Arrow does not claim a blanket domestic origin for everything it sells — some items are made in the USA of domestic and imported parts, and the company says so on the product page. That kind of specificity is more useful to a buyer than a vague flag on the box.
Featured products
Browse Arrow Home Products pitchers, drinkware and food storage available through the Buy American Campaign store.
Frequently asked questions
Where are Arrow Home Products made?
At the company’s home in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Arrow states that its products are produced there and that it has been manufacturing in the USA since 1961.
How old is Arrow Home Products?
Arrow states that the USA has been its home since 1961, making it more than sixty years old.
Are all Arrow products made in the USA?
Not identically. Some items are labeled Made in USA, while others are labeled Made in USA of domestic and imported parts. Arrow lists the applicable claim on individual product pages, so check the specific item.
Are Arrow pitchers and tumblers BPA-free?
Yes. Arrow lists its drinkware and food storage as BPA-free and molded from food-safe polypropylene.