Manufacturing and Operations

Our manufacturing and operations teams are key to our success. With unwavering dedication, they ensure timely availability, unmatched quality and exceptional performance of the products our customers rely on. Take a look at some of the most recent developments within these groups.

Neptune manufacturing facility shines as a leader in safety

LOCATION

Neptune, NJ

Medline's Mexicali Plant Earns Mexico's Clean Industry Certification

SIZE/SQ FT 250,000

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

300 YEARS IN SERVICE

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As a three-time winner of Medline’s Golden Cone Award—which recognizes manufacturing facilities for exceptional safety performance and protocols—how do you create and maintain a safety-focused culture?

Medline's Plant #1 in Mexicali has received Mexico's Clean Industry certification by PROFEPA, a federal organization that administers the National Program for Environmental Audit to protect Mexico's environmental integrity.

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We’re very proud of our extensive safety program, and our success in this area is a testament to our people who consistently keep safety at the top of the list. We have lots of people involved and invested in the safety program, and it’s something we speak about all the time to understand how we’re doing and where we can improve. The work we do is very labor intensive and manual in many cases, so ensuring the safety of our team goes hand-in-hand with that. For us as a facility, the Golden Cone Award is well known and is a source of pride for us.

Recognizing excellence: Operations Branch of the Year and S.A.F.E. Awards recipients

Shane Kiel, VP of Manufacturing Operations at Medline’s Neptune, NJ, facility (Excelsior), shares more about the location’s people, products and award-winning safety practices.

What products are manufactured at the Neptune facility?

Excelsior manufactures prefilled saline flush syringes, as well as a few other small-volume syringes. Manufacturing is divided between two locations—90% of the product is made in the Neptune, NJ, facility, and 10% is produced at the Hartland, WI, facility.

How has Excelsior manufacturing evolved over the years?

Excelsior was in business for 26 years prior to being purchased by Medline in 2015. Having been with the company both before and after the acquisition, I can attest to our continued commitment to producing the highest quality product. Customer demand for our products is increasing, and to support this growth we’re expanding with an additional building nearby, which is expected to be complete in Q2 2024.

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Our team collectively has hundreds of years of experience making medical devices, so we are renowned for our manufacturing expertise. The geographic area that we’re in is a popular location for medical and pharmaceutical companies, so many of our employees come to Medline with prior medical manufacturing experience.

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The Operations leadership team selected the winners of the Branch of the Year Award, which recognizes branches that have gone above and beyond in supporting customers and team members, while also achieving exceptional performance metrics throughout the past 12 months. These outstanding branches have demonstrated superior dedication and commitment to delivering excellent service and meeting business objectives.

2022 Branch of the Year Awards:

∙ B36—Brockport, NY

∙ B30—Chester, VA

∙ C41—West Jefferson, OH

∙ C02—Grayslake, IL

We have a strong connection with our community, which helps us attract employees from the area who want to stay with us long term. We’re located in a neighborhood two miles from the beach, and about 70% of our employees walk or ride their bikes to work. We enjoy relatively low turnover, and many employees come to us through referrals from people who work here.

The EHS team has awarded five S.A.F.E. (Safety Awareness For Everyone) Branch of the Year honors to acknowledge exceptional performance in meeting safety criteria. These branches have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to creating a safe environment for everyone. Through their hard work and dedication, they have set a high standard for safety awareness and have earned well-deserved recognition for their achievements.

∙ C32—Katy, TX

∙ B24—Oklahoma City, OK

∙ B29—Rogers, MN

∙ C59—Hammond, LA

∙ B30—Chester, VA

S.A.F.E. Branch of the Year winners: Congratulations to these distribution centers on their achievements!

The certification process evaluated criteria to ensure the facility's compliance with environmental legislation and provided guidance on efficient production processes and ways to reduce environmental impacts related to air, water and soil, noise emissions, hazardous and non-hazardous waste handling, and energy and natural resource usage. Congratulations to our Mexicali team!