[Diabetes-talk] Fw: [acb-diabetics] FW: [blind-diabetics] ProdigyMeters

[Eileen Scrivani]

I'm glad you sent this to us.  I'm very pleased that the meter will now be 
manufactured in America.  It takes a good product and makes it even better.

Eileen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:24 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: [acb-diabetics] FW: [blind-diabetics] 
ProdigyMeters


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> From: "Patricia LaFrance-Wolf" <plawolf at earthlink.net>
> To: "Acb-Diabetics at Acb. Org" <acb-diabetics at acb.org>, "Fred Marin" 
> <fredemarin at gmail.com>, "Doc Mahaber Dr." <trinispice at dslextreme.com>
> Date: Thursday, Jul 9, 2009 16:34:04
> Subject: [acb-diabetics] FW: [blind-diabetics] Prodigy Meters
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blind-diabetics at yahoogroups.com
>> [mailto:blind-diabetics at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dean Masters
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:30 AM
>> To: Blind Diabetics
>> Subject: [blind-diabetics] Prodigy Meters
>>
>> http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=2
>> 0090707005347&newsLang=en
>>
>>             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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