Standard Process Dedicates 100,000 Square Foot Addition  PALMYRA, WI (October 4, 2007) -- Standard Process, a manufacturer of nutritional whole food supplements, dedicated its new 100,000 square foot addition. The addition was built to accommodate robust sales growth. The company's total corporate headquarters now has grown 63 percent to 260,000 square feet.
The expansion houses new production suites and additional warehouse, shipping and office space. Standard Process has more than 240 employees and plans to add 30 more over the next five years.
 Our newly expanded packaging area. The trend in healthier lifestyles is a contributing factor in Standard Process' robust growth. While U.S. nutritional supplement sales grew 5.4 percent between 2005 and 2006, Standard Process' sales increased more than 20 percent. Recently, Inc. Magazine named Standard Process one of the fastest growing privately held companies in America and reported 2006 company revenues of $77 million. The magazine also ranked Standard Process fifth in percentage of revenue growth among companies identified as manufacturers of supplements, topping this segment in revenues and number of employees.
Founded in 1929, Standard Process is among the pioneering manufacturers of nutritional supplements.
In a ceremony attended by more than 300 customers and public officials, the building expansion was dedicated to the late Frank DuBois Sr., former president, Standard Process. Mr. DuBois was the nephew of the company's founder, Dr. Royal Lee, and the father of current president, Charles C. DuBois.
"We dedicated the new addition to my father because of his passion for engineering and the well-being of the company's employees," said Charles C. DuBois. Among the numerous improvements in the expanded facility are a robotic palletizer that streamlines the packaging process and a fluid bed granulator that improves product consistency and quality. The facility also contains new production suites designed to help Standard Process attain even higher levels of quality and cleanliness. # # # About Standard Process Inc. For more than 75 years, Standard Process has provided health care professionals with high-quality, nutritional whole food supplements. The company is in the third generation of family-ownership. Unique in the nutritional supplement industry, Standard Process grows crops on company-owned, organically-certified farms.
Standard Process utilizes state-of-the-art manufacturing practices which meet the Food and Drug Administration's good manufacturing practice requirements. The company offers more than 300 products through three product lines, Standard Process whole food supplements, Standard Process Veterinary Formulas¨, and MediHerb¨ herbal supplements. The products are available only through health care professionals.
For additional information about Standard Process, contact Tammi Geiger, director of marketing, at 262-495-6423 or visit www.standardprocess.com. |