Flourishing Dr. Fresh opens new manufacturing facility

BUENA PARK, Calif. Oral care company Dr. Fresh has opened a new manufacturing facility at its headquarters here.

The 25,000-square-foot facility will serve as a fully automatic production unit for the company’s mouthwash brands. Among the brands that will be manufactured in the new center are Dr. Fresh’s FireFly mouth rinses, as well as mouth rinse programs for Dentyne, Aim, Pepsodent and Close Up. In addition, the facility has capacities for manufacturing private label products for Southern California retailers.

The company also has manufacturing facilities in India and China, where all toothbrush product procedures from molding to packing are carried out in-house.

The company just marked its first decade in business, going from one employee and $360,000 in sales in its first year to its current 85 employees and $50 million in sales. According to the company, in each year of its existence it has grown by at least 45 percent.