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Maker of Prodigy Diabetes Monitoring Systems to Relocate Jobs to

United States from Southeast Asia

Technology, Innovation and Automation Providing 40% Reduction in

Costs

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The distributor of ProdigyT

Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems, and the leading provider of audible blood

glucose meters, has announced the relocation of manufacturing operations

from Southeast Asia to Charlotte, North Carolina.

" At a time when the economy is driving many U.S. companies to

overseas production, we are taking a stand to reverse that trend and bring

these jobs back to the United States, " said Rick Admani Abulhaj, chief

operating officer for Diagnostic Devices, Inc., the distributor of the

ProdigyT product line. " We are proving that domestic manufacturing can be

less expensive than overseas production due to cutting-edge technologies,

high-tech automation and significantly enhanced quality controls. Most

importantly, this move creates jobs and wealth in our own backyards where we

need it most. "

During the next 18 months, the ProdigyT brand will transfer

manufacturing jobs from Southeast Asia to its

44,600-square-foot-manufacturing-and-distribution facility in Charlotte. The

move will create more than 100 jobs for the Charlotte region that will

consist primarily of high-tech, full-time positions.

" No other businesses I know of are doing this, " Abulhaj said.

" By using innovation, automation and science, we've created a win-win. For

years, our business model concentrated on low-tech medical devices that

previously required a large-scale labor force to manufacture, and we had no

choice but to move some operations to Southeast Asia to remain competitive.

But now we are able to do the reverse. By utilizing science, technology and

automation, we are bringing those jobs back to the U.S. while lowering our

costs by 40 percent. This is an exciting time for our business, to provide

jobs here in America and to the benefit of our community. "

By relocating these jobs to the U.S., after 18 years of

manufacturing experience in Southeast Asia, the company will have complete

control of its intellectual property and oversight of quality control.

" We now will have complete control over our business and

industry, while benefiting our community by creating jobs right here, "

Abulhaj said.

ProdigyT Meters' growth has been rapid during the past two

years, increasing more than 1,200 percent.

ABOUT PRODIGYT GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM

ProdigyT Meters are distributed by a privately owned company

headquartered in Charlotte, NC, that develops, manufactures and markets

technology-based diabetes products, with a focus on audible blood-glucose

meters. The ProdigyT product line offers " talking " meters especially

beneficial to the sight-impaired diabetic market. The ProdigyT Voice is the

only meter for blind or low-vision diabetes patients to earn awards from

both the National Federation of the Blind and the American Foundation for

the Blind. More information on ProdigyT can be found at www.prodigymeter.com

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