CME Corp names Amy Annis as Director of Kaiser Sales
CME Corp (CME) announced the promotion of Amy Annis to Director of Kaiser Sales, as the comprehensive healthcare equipment and turn-key logistics company strengthens its relationship with Kaiser Permanente (Kaiser). CME’s California team, led by Amy Annis, has established a successful relationship with Kaiser, providing procurement, warehousing, assembly, staging and direct-to-site delivery services for Kaiser’s new construction projects across the western region, according to a release. As Kaiser continues to expand its national footprint, CME has also expanded its services and footprint. CME now offers its logistics services anywhere in the U.S. as well as new services that include biomedical, IT and installation services. A 27-year veteran of the industry, Annis has been with the company for 19 years and has shepherded the CME-Kaiser relationship since its inception. As Director of Kaiser Sales, Annis will oversee CME’s entire Kaiser program, working with field sales and service teams across the nation to ensure compliance and top-of-the-line service for any of Kaiser’s facilities.
Bovie Medical to sell core business segment to Symmetry Surgical for $97M
Bovie Medical Corporation (Clearwater, FL) entered into a definitive agreement with Specialty Surgical Instrumentation Inc, a subsidiary of Symmetry Surgical Inc, pursuant to which Bovie Medical will divest and sell the core business segment and the Bovie brand to Symmetry for gross proceeds of $97 million in cash. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Bovie’s stockholders. Bovie is retaining its Advanced Energy and OEM businesses, its facilities in Clearwater, Florida, and Sofia, Bulgaria, and certain intellectual property related to specialty generators. As part of the agreement, President and Director J. Robert Saron will join Symmetry and resign from the board of directors following the closing of the transaction. The Company and Symmetry will also enter into a transition services agreement, a patent licensing agreement, a disposables supply agreement, and a generator manufacturing and supply agreement, the latter of which will establish Bovie as an OEM-provider of generators to Symmetry for a period of at least 10-years. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 2018.