Text Size
|
Plainfield, IN., October 1, 2009 –Today, Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare) will officially open the new Americas Distribution Center, a 300,000 square foot facility in Plainfield, Indiana. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics develops and manufactures diagnostic systems and reagents used to perform blood tests for diagnosing and monitoring patients. The new distribution center in Plainfield leverages advanced facility design to streamline the storage and world wide distribution of critical diagnostic supplies to physicians and clinical laboratories.
The opening of the Americas Distribution Center supplies more than 200 jobs to the Plainfield community. The state-of-the-art building provides 100,000 square feet of refrigerated storage, and high capacity generators maintain a continuous power supply for the temperature controlled building in the event of a power outage.
“Locating the distribution center in Plainfield provides excellent advantages in workforce quality and transportation logistics,” said David Rollings, Director Americas Distribution, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics. “We can get the right products to our customers as quickly as possible.”
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics is the leading clinical diagnostics company in the world, offering the most comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions used to diagnose, treat and monitor patients around the globe.
The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology and hearing aids. Siemens is the only company to offer customers products and solutions for the entire range of patient care from a single source – from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, and on to treatment and aftercare. By optimizing clinical workflows for the most common diseases, Siemens also makes healthcare faster, better and more cost-effective. Siemens Healthcare employs some 49,000 employees worldwide and operates in over 130 countries. In fiscal year 2008 (to September 30), the Sector posted revenue of 11.2 billion euros and profit of 1.2 billion euros. For further information please visit:www.siemens.com/healthcare.
Text Size
|
