Seneca Medical Inc. gets to work at Midlink

Work is under way on an 83,000-square-foot warehouse for medical supplier Seneca Medical Inc.’s distribution operation across Southwest Michigan and beyond.By the time the project is done, Seneca Medical expects to have invested $3.5 million in land and building costs, including the purchase of 10.6 acres of land in Midlink Business Park.There may be as many 25 employees working at the site by the end of the warehouse’s first year of business. There already are 10 employees working at the site. The warehouse and related operations in the Kalamazoo area expands the medical supplier’s reach into Southwest Michigan and northern Indiana, says Todd R. Howell, Chief Financial Officer.”It represents our long-term commitment to the State of Michigan that Seneca will be providing medical supplies for the foreseeable future,” Howell says.The move also benefits the health care continuum — acute care hospitals, nursing homes, physician offices, surgery centers — in Michigan by providing Seneca, a large regional option, as a viable alternative to the large national companies in the medical-surgical supply distribution space.If business goes well, the operation at the site could employ up to 50 workers in coming years. “It depends upon how the State of Michigan welcomes us to the area in terms of revenue growth,” Howell says.Seneca Medical, founded in 1990 in Tiffin, Ohio, has five distribution facilities and provides a wide spectrum of product distribution and support services to health care providers and other market segments throughout Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia and surrounding states. Seneca Medical also has well-established distribution relationships with more than 1,200 high-quality market-leading manufacturers for a wide range of products and services. Writer: Kathy Jennings Source: Todd R. Howell, Seneca Medical Inc.