Carlson accepts NPA's Diamond Manufacturer Award

Carlson Laboratories has won the Natural Products Association's (NPA) Diamond Manufacturer Award. The award, which represents 75 years of the NPA's existence, was given to three manufacturers who have been highly involved with the Association throughout the years.

Carlson Laboratories was founded by John and Susan Carlson 46 years ago with a single vitamin E formula. Carlson Laboratories exhibited at the very first NPA show in 1972 (when it was still known as NNFA).

"Our parents were involved in the NPA almost from the very beginning," Carlson president Carilyn Anderson said after receiving the award along with her sister, Kirsten Carlson, at the NPA Marketplace 2011 Convention in Las Vegas last month. "Their involvement in such an ethical and forward-thinking organization undoubtedly played no small part in our family's success."