Custom Contract Manufacturing in Waynesville, NC
HVO Incorporated is a trusted partner in Custom Contract Manufacturing. We offer CNC Cutting, Kitting, Packaging and 3PL Warehousing and Distribution Services. Located in Western North Carolina, we are a non-profit organization that empowers individuals with disabilities through vocational training and community engagement. Partner with us to make a meaningful impact and build a brighter future for all.
Voices of HVO: Real Stories,
Real Impact.
Hear directly from parents, participants, employees, and leadership as they share what HVO represents and the difference it makes each day. In this video, our community speaks to the support, opportunities, and guidance HVO provides — and how our programs empower individuals while strengthening families. Through dedication, collaboration, and a shared mission, HVO continues to create meaningful pathways for growth and success.
Our Business Services
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HVO provides custom Contract Cutting, Packaging and Kitting services for most industries. Our in-house design, production, quality control and logistic teams enable us to handle your project as turnkey or simply assist you with a particular step in the process.
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With medical products measured by quality, consistency, and exclusivity in the marketplace, HVO has created partnerships with influential customers in the healthcare industry by meeting their product-specific needs. HVO delivers top-quality medical contract manufacturing and custom medical packaging services while instilling the confidence needed in long-term medical contract manufacturing relationships.
HVO’s reputation for excellence has earned it the opportunity to work with well-known organizations in the healthcare industry.
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HVO has 100,000 square feet of climate-controlled warehouse space for material storage and inventory control purposes. HVO is licensed to provide 3PL services for medical devices.
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HVO has over 50 years of experience in medical device manufacturing and disposable healthcare products. We have the knowledge and expertise to form long-term manufacturing and business partnerships while contending with the fast-paced and ever-changing medical marketplace.
The HVO business structure focuses on quality and the continuous improvement of its processes. This quality-process approach gives our medical products a distinct competitive performance advantage.
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HVO’s Medical Device Design and Development Team design and create prototypes, products, and custom Surgical Drapes. With more than 50 years of experience in the health care industry, our design team can assist you to ensure you are completely satisfied with your product. Our team is knowledgeable of the processes and procedures required to meet industry standards. We also understand the importance of and welcome customer input throughout the design process. Our goal is to provide you with specifications that contain every component required to manufacture a quality product.
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At HVO, we strive to satisfy customer expectations and uphold our commitment to quality in the healthcare industry, including medical contract manufacturing.
HVO’s strong infrastructure is built on meeting established medical quality and regulatory standards. HVO is recognized as an industry leader, backed by a comprehensive, mature, reliable, and reputable Quality Management System (QMS).
Our Community Programs
Day Services
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The Hub serves as a gathering place for individuals enrolled in services to participate in meaningful special needs recreation, educational classes, and community inclusion activities, offering opportunities for leisure and personal growth.
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State-funded day programs, such as LTCS and ADVP, offer organized adult day programs and developmental activities for adults with developmental disabilities to help them live as independently as possible. These programs focus on leisure activities, community living skills, vocational training, and personal skill development. Additionally, they provide support services to families and collaborate with other agencies to facilitate the client's transition to programs aimed at higher levels of functioning.
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Innovationsis a Medicaid funded program that provides a variety of community-based services and supports for individuals who have developmental disabilities. This program avoids institutional care and promotes independence, choice, and community integration.
Employment & Training Program Services
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HVO serves as an employment resource for the community, providing vocational rehabilitation services, pre-employment training, and day services to individuals with disabilities and/or disadvantages, including those socio-economically impacted through our partnership with DSS.
All training is geared to individual abilities and is designed to meet specific individualized needs. Assessments can also be administered to determine everyone's potential for supported employment services in the community. Goals are developed and individualized, enabling the person served to gain their highest degree of independence. HVO provides a spectrum of services that allow more choice, stability, and continuity for individuals served and has a fully integrated workforce to promote greater normalization and inclusion.
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The MARC Program provides individualized workforce development services, including both hard and soft skill intensification, to individuals who are chronically unemployed or underemployed. These services align with supported employment services, offering targeted support to help participants achieve sustainable employment.
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A person must meet Vocational Rehabilitations eligibility criteria for “most significantly disabled” to be eligible for this program. The individual must be capable of working independently or with the assistance of a 1:1 worker. However, the worker should not “do” the job for the individual. A HVO Employment Specialist will coach the individual (and the worker) to help learn their job duties. Coaching can last as long as needed to ensure job success. Referrals are made through Employment and Independence for People with Disabilities, formerly North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
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The Work Adjustment & Work First Program are designed to help people prepare for employment by providing vocational rehabilitation services, training, and work experience. These programs also include social skills training to help individuals who are ready to work but need extra support to succeed.
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Long Term Follow Along Support typically follows supported employment services and is designed to provide ongoing coaching and employment support activities that enable an individual to maintain long-term employment in the community.
Student Services
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Transitional School Services are designed to prepare students 16 and older, to transition from school to the workforce by building soft skills through real world work experience and exposing them to employment options in the community.
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Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) are short-term programs that help students with disabilities prepare for life after high school, including college and employment. These programs are offered through vocational rehabilitation services by Employment and Independence for People with Disabilities, formerly the North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), in partnership with Haywood County Schools and HVO, Inc. They also provide access to supported employment services to enhance job readiness.
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The MARC Program provides individualized workforce development services, including both hard and soft skill intensification, to individuals who are chronically unemployed or underemployed. These services align with supported employment services, offering targeted support to help participants achieve sustainable employment.
Our Mission Statement
HVO is a social enterprise providing employment in medical device manufacturing and services. We empower all individuals with disabilities through vocational training and community engagement, supporting their journey toward independence and success.
Our Vision Statement
We benefit our community by being an employer of choice and by using our successful medical device manufacturing partnerships to provide expanded mission services to qualified individuals.
Our Core Values
Stewardship - nourishment of the mission, operations, and the community
Empowerment - giving our people the authority to make decisions that build confidence and value to the organization.
Respect - We embody respect through sincere trust and unwavering commitment to excellence
