WINSTON-SALEM, NC – The North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP), a public-private operating alliance working to help manufacturing companies become operationally efficient and well positioned to grow profitably, today announced the winners of its 2017 Manufacturing Leadership Awards at mfgCON in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The state awards program recognizes manufacturers for their commitment to the North Carolina manufacturing sector, as proven by outstanding performance in the areas of Innovation, Sustainable Manufacturing, Advanced Talent Development, Developing Markets and Continuous Improvement.
“Our state’s manufacturers continue to expand and excel in performance, leading to sustained customer satisfaction,” says Phil Mintz, NCMEP Director and Executive Director of NC State’s Industry Expansion Solutions (IES). “It is important that we continue to nurture and recognize the contributions of smaller plants as they lead the way in manufacturing growth and innovation throughout North Carolina.”
Lenoir’s Exela Pharma won the 2017 Manufacturing Leadership Award in the area of Developing Markets. Exela Pharma takes great pride in the 19 high quality sterile injectable pharmaceutical products that it manufactures in its state-of-the-art Lenoir laboratories
“Exela is proud to be a part of the growing manufacturing excellence in North Carolina,” said Exela President and CEO Phanesh Koneru. “Without the outstanding support of the City of Lenoir, Caldwell County and its Economic Development Commission, the State of North Carolina and the United States Department of Agriculture throughout the many years, Exela could not have grown this rapidly.”
Deborah Murray, Executive Director of Caldwell County Economic Development Commission said, “Exela exemplifies so much of what we have been trying to do in order to diversify our employment base and increase household incomes.”
For more information on the NCMEP Manufacturing Leadership Awards, email Susan Barber, Assistant Director for Manufacturing Programs and Development, at susan_barber@ncsu.edu or contact by phone at 919-513-1359.
About NCMEP
The North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP) provides manufacturing extension services that enhance the productivity, innovative capacity and technological performance of US-based manufacturing firms. It also works to strengthen the global competitiveness of small- and medium-sized manufacturers.
About Exela Pharma Sciences
Exela Pharma Sciences, a fast-growing specialty pharmaceutical company, focuses on developing, manufacturing and marketing proprietary and generic injectable and sterile ophthalmic products with the healthcare provider and patient in mind. Our goal is to deliver high quality, affordable products that make a difference in people’s lives and meet the needs of the healthcare providers that treat them. Built from a strong Research and Development, Regulatory and Quality foundation, Exela is focused on delivering excellence in Quality, Reliability and Affordability. Established in 2005 by a former Pharmacist, Exela is headquartered in Lenoir, N.C. Please visit www.exelapharma.com to learn more.
For more information, contact Mark Hartman at mhartman@exela.us