BUENA PARK, Calif., June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 11, 2011, Puneet Nanda, CEO of Dr. Fresh, Inc., received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Orange County Award. Nanda took home the top honor in the Retail, Manufacturing and Distribution category. His company, Dr. Fresh, Inc., manufactures and distributes quality personal and oral care products throughout the U.S.
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The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award program, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. The award winners were announced at a special gala event on June 11, where Ernst & Young celebrated the accomplishments of 15 finalists and honored the five award recipients from different industries in the Orange County area.
"It's an honor to have been nominated amongst this prominent group of successful entrepreneurs and to be the recipient of the regional award," states Nanda. "Innovation is key in our business and I am thrilled to be recognized for bringing high quality, affordable products to the marketplace."
Dr. Fresh, Inc. is known for its #1 selling kids light-up timer toothbrush brand, FireFly®. Nanda attributes the company's continuing growth to strategies that include the acquisition of brands like Binaca® and vertical integration of products through in-house manufacturing in Orange County, with the goal of bringing more and more of production home to the U.S. Dr. Fresh, Inc. is committed to constant innovation, development of low cost, high quality production techniques, and delivery of known brands to retailers.
ABOUT DR. FRESH, INC.
Dr. Fresh, Inc. one of the fastest growing oral care companies in the U.S., is the developer of over 250 different quality and cost-effective personal care products. Established in 1998, Dr. Fresh offers quality personal care products from its top-selling FireFly® flashing toothbrush for kids to Binaca® breath freshening products. With broad international business, Dr. Fresh maintains manufacturing facilities in the U.S., China and India. From molding to packaging, all production procedures are carried out in-house with state of the art machinery to maintain the highest standard of quality control, producing over 100 million toothbrushes per annum.
SOURCE Dr. Fresh, Inc.
