[Diabetes-talk] Fw: [acb-diabetics] FW: [blind-diabetics] Prodigy Meters

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Date: Thursday, Jul 9, 2009 16:34:04
Subject: [acb-diabetics] FW: [blind-diabetics] Prodigy Meters

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> Subject: [blind-diabetics] Prodigy Meters
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> http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=2
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>             Maker of Prodigy Diabetes Monitoring Systems to Relocate Jobs to
> 
> United States from Southeast Asia
>             Technology, Innovation and Automation Providing 40% Reduction in
> 
> Costs
> 
>             CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The distributor of ProdigyT 
> Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems, and the leading provider of audible blood 
> glucose meters, has announced the relocation of manufacturing operations 
> from Southeast Asia to Charlotte, North Carolina.
> 
>             "At a time when the economy is driving many U.S. companies to 
> overseas production, we are taking a stand to reverse that trend and bring 
> these jobs back to the United States," said Rick Admani Abulhaj, chief 
> operating officer for Diagnostic Devices, Inc., the distributor of the 
> ProdigyT product line. "We are proving that domestic manufacturing can be 
> less expensive than overseas production due to cutting-edge technologies, 
> high-tech automation and significantly enhanced quality controls. Most 
> importantly, this move creates jobs and wealth in our own backyards where we
> 
> need it most."
> 
>             During the next 18 months, the ProdigyT brand will transfer 
> manufacturing jobs from Southeast Asia to its 
> 44,600-square-foot-manufacturing-and-distribution facility in Charlotte. The
> 
> move will create more than 100 jobs for the Charlotte region that will 
> consist primarily of high-tech, full-time positions.
> 
>             "No other businesses I know of are doing this," Abulhaj said. 
> "By using innovation, automation and science, we've created a win-win. For 
> years, our business model concentrated on low-tech medical devices that 
> previously required a large-scale labor force to manufacture, and we had no 
> choice but to move some operations to Southeast Asia to remain competitive. 
> But now we are able to do the reverse. By utilizing science, technology and 
> automation, we are bringing those jobs back to the U.S. while lowering our 
> costs by 40 percent. This is an exciting time for our business, to provide 
> jobs here in America and to the benefit of our community."
> 
>             By relocating these jobs to the U.S., after 18 years of 
> manufacturing experience in Southeast Asia, the company will have complete 
> control of its intellectual property and oversight of quality control.
> 
>             "We now will have complete control over our business and 
> industry, while benefiting our community by creating jobs right here," 
> Abulhaj said.
> 
>             ProdigyT Meters' growth has been rapid during the past two 
> years, increasing more than 1,200 percent.
> 
>             ABOUT PRODIGYT GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM
> 
>             ProdigyT Meters are distributed by a privately owned company 
> headquartered in Charlotte, NC, that develops, manufactures and markets 
> technology-based diabetes products, with a focus on audible blood-glucose 
> meters. The ProdigyT product line offers "talking" meters especially 
> beneficial to the sight-impaired diabetic market. The ProdigyT Voice is the 
> only meter for blind or low-vision diabetes patients to earn awards from 
> both the National Federation of the Blind and the American Foundation for 
> the Blind. More information on ProdigyT can be found at www.prodigymeter.com
> 
> 
>             Contacts
>             Prodigy Meters
>             Dari Hayes, 972-387-5577
>             Dari at AdCeteraInc.com
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