A local manufacturing plant is celebrating the fact, its work will be honored in Washington DC for a long time to come, that's because the first lady just unveiled a 4,500 piece state china set made in Kinston.

Plant Manager Paul Leichtnam says, "We were thrilled, it's a milestone for this facility. Lenox is now in it's 120Th year so this was a real honor and privilege for us to manufacture."

The process wasn't easy it took 100 employees, 2 years to produce the final product, designed by First Lady Laura Bush and since Lenox's motto is high quality, if anything happens at any time during the process they simply throw the piece away.

"It's been thousands of hours of producing, again a 4,500 piece set, it goes through seven different decorating stages and firings, again very intricate and beautiful china."

The company's hope is that future presidents and leaders from around the world enjoy white house feasts on the plates, as much as employees at Lenox enjoyed making them.

The set ended up costing about $500,000 but it was all paid for with private money by the White House Historical Association, so no tax-payers had to dish out for this Washington expense.

Lenox, has manufactured china dishes for six other presidents in the past, their positive reputation is why the Bush's picked them as well.