“This new agreement will allow both companies to strengthen their offering ultimately resulting in the customer being able to select the best combination of support frame and therapeutic surface to meet their patient, caregiver and hospital needs regardless if they desire to rent or purchase.”īoth the U.S. “Healthcare facilities are under growing pressure to reduce cost and improve care,” said Michael Kaminski, CEO of LINET Americas. Future rollouts will include a LINET pediatric crib with Sizewise air support surface and LINET support surfaces built by Sizewise Manufacturing in Corona, Calif. The cross-manufacturing agreement initially pairs Sizewise support surface options and LINET Eleganza bed frame technology into the Sizewise Crosscare™ by LINET-a rental option for Med-Surg/Critical Care use. Previously, those items were unavailable as rental options, and much harder to attain from the capital side.” “We’re looking at many ways we can pair best-in-class bedframes from LINET with best-in-class support surfaces from Sizewise. “Our customers and their patients are the real winners with this agreement,” said Brian Frickey, Sizewise CEO. The agreement allows select LINET bed frames to be rented through Sizewise distribution channels across the U.S., and brings Sizewise therapeutic support surface technology to LINET customers in the U.S. In 17 of those countries, the company has its own subsidiaries.Sizewise ® and LINET ® today announced a cross-manufacturing agreement between the two global medical equipment companies, leveraging the strengths of each company to enhance their patient and caregiver offerings.
In this pursuit, LINET is also analysing several acquisition targets and gradually expanding its global distribution network, which currently encompasses more than 100 countries. The goal is to achieve sales of half a billion dollars as quickly as possible. The agreement with Sizewise is one of the results of the aforesaid search for ways to further accelerate growth. The agreement is neither a merger nor a partnership – it’s a sharing of innovations that the customer can profit from.’ Sizewise has a stable base of loyal customers, an established distribution network, and, importantly, experience in rentals.
That obstacle has now been eliminated.Īccording to Mr Kolář, both companies will thus considerably bolster their portfolios: ‘Two very successful companies have joined forces here. Previously, it had been difficult to rent beds due to the need for a robust distribution network. Moreover, we can rent the equipment to them, which is a very interesting option financially,’ says Sizewise CEO Brian Frickey. We can offer them the best beds in a given class with top-of-the-line mattresses from Sizewise. ‘The real winners in this deal are our customers and their patients. In the past few years, the company’s management has actively examined ways to effect exponential sales growth. I can confirm that collaboration with Sizewise was our preferred option,’ explains LINET Group CEO Tomáš Kolář. That’s why we looked for the most effective way to compete with them in their domestic market. ‘Our long-term goal is to grow substantially in order to rival the two largest companies in the hospital bed market – both of them American companies. This combining of the best of both companies is to continue in the future. The two companies also agreed on a specific product, which will pair the Eleganza 5 bed with mattresses that Sizewise manufactures in California.
The agreement will provide LINET with access to an expansive distribution network that can service all parts of the USA.
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