improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message uline type private family owned industry industrial supplies wholesalers founded 1980 headquarters pleasant prairie wisconsin products shipping boxes plastic bags packing materials warehouse equipment janitorial supplies number of employees 4 500 website www.uline.com uline is a distributor of janitorial industrial packaging and shipping materials to businesses throughout north america . 1 2 uline ships their products from ten distribution centers across north america chicago il ; minneapolis mn ; breinigsville pa ; los angeles ca ; atlanta ga ; dallas tx ; seattle wa ; toronto on canada ; edmonton ab canada ; tijuana mexico and monterrey mexico . 3 their corporate headquarters is in pleasant prairie wi . 4 contents 1 history 2 expansion 3 political activity 4 references history edit uline was founded in 1980 by dick and liz uihlein and originally distributed a single item a carton sizer . dick and liz uihlein started their business in their basement ; the company has grown to employ more than 4 500 people . citation needed expansion edit the village board of pleasant prairie wisconsin unanimously approved final plans for a second building at uline s headquarters in february 2016 . 5 political activity edit uline ceo richard uihlein has been a republican donor for decades and increased his political giving after citizens united v. federal election commission . 6 uihlein has supported conservative groups and candidates like ted cruz the club for growth and the illinois policy institute . uihlein is also a major donor to americas pac 7 scott walker 8 and bruce rauner . 6 in august 2016 donald trump announced the appointment of uline president and co founder liz uihlein to the position of national vice chair for fundraising efforts for his campaign . 9 references edit http www.uline.com corporate about company.aspx http www.hoovers.com company information cs company profile.uline inc.42b089a657658944.html http www.uline.com corporate about locations.aspx dup locations http www.bizjournals.com milwaukee stories 2007 12 31 daily19.html http www.kenoshanews.com news new uline building gets green light 486407024.php a b sweet lynn 7 september 2015 . mega donor richard uihlein ramps up donations to conservative causes . chicago sun times . retrieved 9 august 2016 . cooper kent 15 august 2013 . uihlein funds chicago radio ads . roll call . retrieved 6 december 2013 . lueders bill 9 february 2012 . bill lueders out of state donors have stories to tell . the cap times . retrieved 6 december 2013 . http www.politico.com story 2016 08 trump economic adviser list donors 226921 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title uline & oldid 742676191 categories companies based in wisconsinkenosha county wisconsinpackaging companieshidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking reliable references from june 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles with a promotional tone from june 2015all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 03 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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