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PROCESSOR PROFILE
beginning. I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to
partner with the incredible investors at Align, the loyal,
hardworking employees at CVS and, importantly, the
Martinez family.
" I saw a business with an incredible foundation and
a resolute focus on quality, integrity, and the success of
the customer, " he added. " The company believes, as I do,
that the role of a contract manufacturer is to be an extension
of the brand. "
Soon after the partnership was inked, the company
started looking for its next production location because
expansion was imperative - it had long outgrown its
55,000-square-foot legacy location. Align partnered
with the team to source a new 150,000-square-foot site
in Hialeah, Fla., just a few miles northwest of Miami. As
the first tenant in the newly constructed space, CVS was
able to custom design the layout and infrastructure of
the production facility. The lease was signed in July 2021,
warehousing moved in by late 2022, operations began in
February 2023, and the company was fully transitioned to
the new location by April 2023.
" They [the Martinez family and CVS] were well positioned
with their reputation and we just needed to
supplement it with some resources, " Turner said. " With
Align's unwavering support, we were able to invest in a
new facility, build-out a whole new team, add some new
automated equipment and a new software system. "
The company, which had to lay off a number of employees
after losing its primary customer in 2014, expanded
from 50 employees in 2016 to around 130 in
2021. Now, it employs more than 225 people who hail
from 14 different countries.
As members of the Custom Veterinary Services team,
those 225 employees all share the same core values: " We
do what we say. We get better every day. We work and
win together. We are relentless about customer success. "
Customizable co-manufacturer
One of the keys to the next phase of growth at CVS was
building customer partnerships.
" When we sat down in 2021 and started looking
closely at the business, we all agreed not to try to be
everything to everybody, but rather focus on being the
right partner to our customers, " Turner explained. " As
we went through that process, we knew we had to focus
on our core customers. We had to transition some that
we weren't the best fit for or weren't the best fit for us.
Top: After the dough is mixed, it is extruded into various
shapes and conveyed onto trays for drying.
Bottom: Custom Veterinary Services produces customized
products for its customers only - the company doesn't
produce any product under its own brand.
Ashlyn McKibben; Custom Veterinary Services
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