[Diabetes-talk] Fw: [acb-diabetics]FW:[blind-diabetics]ProdigyMeters
cheryl echevarria
cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
Thu Jul 16 09:32:24 UTC 2009
thank u we will work on this as we get close to that time.
Cheryl Echevarria
skype: angeldn3
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw:
[acb-diabetics]FW:[blind-diabetics]ProdigyMeters
> I'd be pleased to have you speak at next year's DAN Seminar.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Fw: [acb-diabetics]
> FW:[blind-diabetics]ProdigyMeters
>
>
> 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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