10 Facts About Medline Industries

1.

Medline Industries, LP is a private American healthcare company headquartered in Northfield, Illinois.

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2.

In 1968, Medline Industries opened its first textile manufacturing facility in Covington, Ind.

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3.

In 1972, Medline Industries opened its first non-textile manufacturing division with the purchase of an injection molding company.

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4.

In 1995, Medline Industries opened its first facility for assembling Sterile Procedure Trays in Waukegan, IL.

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5.

In 2001, Medline Industries started manufacturing private label wound care products for CVS, Walgreens, Target, Dollar General and Family Dollar.

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6.

In 2009, Medline Industries Launched Generation Pink exam gloves to help raise breast cancer awareness and turned the original Pink Glove Dance video into a viral breast cancer awareness campaign, reaching 14+ million people.

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7.

In 2011, Medline Industries introduced BioMask, the first-ever FDA-cleared antiviral medical facemask shown to inactivate flu viruses.

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8.

In over 50 years of doing business, Medline Industries has had several charges filed against it with the National Labor Relations Board.

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9.

In late September 2015, Medline Industries terminated a warehouse operator at its Shepherdsville, Kentucky, distribution facility.

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10.

The terminated employee alleged that Medline Industries terminated him due to his alleged protected labor organizing activities.

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