From the laboratory door to the factory floor, we make and
deliver name-brand cosmetics, vitamins and homecare products to people all
over the world.
- When I started here in 1969 as a set-up mechanic, I was told that it wasn't
a very smart thing to do because the company wouldn't be around that long.
- But 36 years later, I'm still here – and Alticor just posted sales of 6.4
billion dollars.
- So we must be doing something right.
- I'm Dave Buttrick, Director of Ada Manufacturing for Access Business
Group.
Access Business Group employs a highly skilled
workforce of more than 3,000 people.
- We're known for our sophisticated technology and our reputation for
producing premium products.
- Our primary job is to manufacture products sold by Amway and Quixtar
Business Owners.
As a trusted third-party manufacturer, we uphold
rigorous quality standards.
- What some people don't know about us is that we also make products for some
of the largest consumer product companies in the world.
- They ask that we keep their names confidential, of course.
- But if you looked around your kitchen, or bathroom, or even in your shopping
cart, you'd be surprised to know how many of those products are made here in
Ada, Michigan.
Our Michigan manufacturing plants could cover 250
football fields.
- We continue to invest in people, training and the latest technologies out
there.
- Our employees are experienced, many of them averaging 15 years or more on
the job.
- In fact, there are families – parents and children and their children – who
have worked here for generations.
Our farmlands in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil span
more than 7,000 acres.
- Customers are amazed to learn how global our agribusiness operations are.
- We manage the organic process all the way from the seed that goes into
the ground, to the finished product.
We operate 500,000 square feet of nutritional
manufacturing.
- This company was built on personal worth and partnership.
- As a premier employer, we treat employees fairly and pay them well for
the work that they do.
More than 400 scientists and 100 engineers work in research and development and quality assurance laboratories.
- We have an R&D organization that's one of the best in the world.
- Our hallways here are filled with plaques they've received for patents,
awards and product excellence.
- They are recognized by their peers as some of the top scientists in the
industry.
On average, Access processes 14.3 million product
orders every year.
- We produce the best quality products we possibly can because that's
the kind of company we are.
- It's an approach that attracts the kind of customers that we want to have.