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Two former Bausch & Lomb Inc. executives have started a contract medical production business in Irvine with the Rochester, N.Y-based eye care products company as one of their initial customers.
Alliance Medical Products Inc. came about after a move late last year by Bausch & Lomb to consolidate some operations, according to Juan Valdes, Alliance's co-founder and chief executive. Valdes and partner Tom Lucas, Alliance's executive vice president, are former Bausch & Lomb executives.
"B&L used to manufacture four products here-four of the products we make today," Valdes said.
Alliance took over a former Bausch & Lomb Surgical facility at 9342 Jeronimo in the Irvine Spectrum.
Bausch & Lomb officials "were going to abandon the facility," Valdes said. "I worked for Bausch & Lomb during that period. I stepped away, looked at this as a great opportunity and we formed the team here."
About half of Alliance's 42 workers hail from Bausch & Lomb, Valdes said. The company's headcount eventually...