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

[cheryl echevarria]

wtg

oh next year at convention if it is okay to do at the division table or I 
may even do this for the ny state table.  is to offer help with insurance 
understanding as well as who to turn to, medicare if there are complaints, 
your state, etc.

If that is okay?

Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane" <dianefilipe at peoplepc.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: [acb-diabetics] FW: 
[blind-diabetics]ProdigyMeters


> A standing ovation to DDI!
> Di
>
>
>      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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