MBECONNECT PROFILES Fall Issue
LSL Industries, Inc. Chicago, Illinois 60640 (773) 878-1100
LSL manufactures disposable medical devices for Acute Care, Long Term care, Surgery centers as well as Alternate Site Care. Company has been slowly and successfully vertically integrated it’s manufacturing processes to lower manufacturing costs and all of their kits are made in USA. LSL’s major growth and significant increase in business and employment has resulted from winning contracts with GPOs within the last 8 years.
“Our customers help us in employing inner city residents that offer path to good incomes near their homes leading to better economic & social conditions in the communities we operate.”
ASH LUTHRA
PRESIDENT/CEO, LSL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Manufacturer of Quality Medical Devices and Disposable Kits ABOUT US
Since 1985, LSL Industries, Inc., a minority-owned, Chicagobased, SDB certified small business, has stood for quality, service and dependability. We offer a wide variety of disposable medical devices, component parts, and various hospital supplies, including Urologicals, Nursing services, Wound Care, Patient Bedside Utensils, Minor Procedure Trays, Laceration Trays, Suture Removal Kits, I&D Trays, IV Start Kits, Central Line Dressing Trays, Patient Footwear, Wound Closure Strips, Irrigation Trays and Skin Scrub Trays. Customers who are attracted to our sterling reputation are further impressed by the qualities that underscore our name, including consistent quality, ongoing efforts to contain cost and quality assurance program. Some of our major customers, who we private label for as well, include nation’s leading healthcare companies and Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs). With national distribution, our main goal is to help you save money and time while providing you with exceptional customer service.
Leadership
Ash Luthra is the President & CEO of LSL Industries, Inc. He started the company in 1985 with his brother V.J. Luthra. 30 MBEConnect Profiles I Fall Issue
Ash Luthra has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, an MBA from the University of Chicago Business School and attended Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth on “How to Build High Performance Minority Businesses”. He also served in various managerial capacities in the areas of Strategic Planning, Marketing/ Business Planning and Capital spending at American Can and SCM Corporation. Ash Luthra currently serves as a Board member on the newly established National Advisory Council for Minority Business Enterprises (formed by the Obama Administration). He provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and the Obama Administration on a broad range of policy issues affecting the minority business community as part of the Obama Administration’s focus on creating new jobs and strengthening the U.S. economy. He also serves on the Board of Health Industry Supply Chain Institute, and the Development Council of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. He is married and has three kids currently in college. Ash Luthra also actively supports various charities in and around Chicago as well as in other parts of US and internationally, including a physical therapy clinic in Delhi, India specifically for seniors with low incomes.
Why Choose LSL Industries
• Excellent track record with our customers, (i.e. some of the nation’s leading healthcare companies and major GPOs.) • Experience, technical capability • Comprehensive quality assurance program, including preproduction and equipment validations • Thorough regulatory/cGMP understanding • Quality control, integral part of manufacturing and quality assurance • Provide defect-free parts • Flexibility, our dedication to customer’s needs mbeconnectmagazine.com