On March 30, Medline opened its 650,000-square-foot distribution center in Hammond, La., after investing $72 million into the facility, according to a news release shared with Becker's.
The medical supply company said it expects the site to handle more than $200 million in orders for healthcare providers every year. It will deploy "thousands of individual products and devices [...] across the continuum of care, such as hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgery centers, hospices and physicians' offices," the release said.