One of the world's leading suppliers of medical devices used in cardiology and radiology, Atrium Medical has appointed Menlo Worldwide Logistics (Menlo) to handle its product distribution in Europe. The contract, which has a commence date in early July, will cover the supply of warehousing and transportation management services throughout Europe and will be operated from Menlo's Eersel, Netherlands multi-client facility.

Menlo is the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc and provides supply chain management services to other divisions of Atrium Medical's parent company, the Swedish-based Getinge Group, on a global basis. Part of Menlo's remit in Europe is to integrate Atrium Medical's supply chain with that of other products in the Maquet Cardiovascular division that it currently manages. In outlining the reasons for appointing Menlo, Atrium Medical's Logistics Director, Pete Diaz said, 'The recent acquisition of Atrium Medical by the Getinge Group gave us the opportunity to economise in certain areas of our operation. Various logistical aspects of our European supply chain were candidates for such a review. We have been impressed by how Menlo handles, on a global scale, the requirements of other divisions in the Group as well as the flexible approach Menlo takes to changes in supply chain dynamics. We feel therefore that Menlo is the right supplier to deliver an efficient integration.'

Tony Gunn, is Menlo's Managing Director in Europe. He welcomed the new business represented by Atrium Medical and stated, 'Menlo has a long-term approach to customer servicing; we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt to the changing needs of our clients and on a philosophy of continuous improvement. With the integration of Atrium Medical's product distribution into the existing supply chain structure of our long-time client Maquet we are demonstrating the first trait. We look forward in the coming months to display our skills in the second by evolving a more effective solution for Atrium Medical in Europe.'