Meridian Biomedical Inc. recently announced the acquisition of Quality Medical Rental (dba Quality Medical South). Meridian will continue to do business as Quality Medical.
The founders of QMR, John McMahon and Don Perfetto, had built one of the largest biomedical service companies in the Southeast specializing in respiratory and infusion equipment. With an emphasis on speed, responsiveness and quality QMS became synonymous with best-in-class performance.
“We wanted to find the right buyer who would not only do right by our employees but continue to invest and continue our long tradition of quality service,” the founders said in a press release.
“After a long search for a suitable acquisition target, we were very impressed with the level of QMS’s customer satisfaction,” Meridian Biomedical CEO PK Bala. “Further due diligence revealed an impressive customer base and a team of managers, clinical and biomedical engineers and technicians with capabilities that were second to none in the industry.”
With its roots in the high tech after-market industry, Meridian intends to develop QMS into a best-in-class service provider.
“We want to be the most advanced biomedical service facility in the U.S.,” said Jim Worrell, SVP.
Meridian will adopt 5S and Lean, as key pillars of the operations strategy with a state-of-the-art service floor management system that will enable ISO-9001 certification within 18 months. The company will also launch supply chain solutions to facilitate in-house pick up of medical equipment within a 1,000 mile radius of its service center in Largo, Florida.
Customer interactions will be enhanced with the introduction of dedicated customer portals and e-commerce capabilities. While the company will keep its roots in respiratory and infusion, service capabilities will be expanded to include other major biomedical categories.
The company also has a new website: www. QualityMedicalsouth.com.
