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resents about 10 percent of our business,” says Blackburn. “We have two very big customers –one is Clorox, which owns a company called Renew Life.” Renew Life sells high-potency probiotics, digestive aids, and internal cleanses. “And, just recently, a company called Isagenix, a very big network marketing company, estimated that the order we get from them for next year will be $50 million. This year, our business is projected for about $130 million, so that’s a rather signifi- cant increase just for that one company.We’re probably one of the most advanced pro-biotic manufacturing companies in the country, and that’s why these top level companies choose us.” “So, the CMO business can be extraordinary and, in order to handle that business, we’re investing between $12 and $15 million in build- out for new manufacturing space,” Blackburn adds. “We moved our whole fulfillment opera- tion, which is about 30,000 square feet, to the new building next door, and it’s now being built out for new manufacturing– so that doubles our manufacturing capacity. As part of our expan- sion, we built a very large drive-in cooler that includes insulation and humidity control. And we ordered some very high speed, automated

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