NASHVILLE, Tenn. and IRVING, Texas, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- American Esoteric Laboratories, Inc. (AEL), a full-service provider of clinical reference laboratory services, today announced it has opened its newest facility in the Las Colinas section of Irving, Texas. The company chose Las Colinas for its expansion into Texas for several reasons, including its close proximity to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Love Field, and the availability of highly skilled workers. The 27,500-square-foot laboratory is located at 6221 Riverside, Suite 119.
Responding to the health care industry’s increasing demands for expeditious turnaround times, AEL’s corporate expansion strategy calls for placing its labs near major transportation hubs. To this end the company acquired Memphis Pathology Laboratory in September 2004. Combined, the two laboratories expand AEL’s national footprint and achieve its mission to provide the widest range of quality, specialized and cost-effective testing services for its customers in both urban and rural markets.
“A key element of our mission is to provide our nationwide customers with the fastest turn-around time on clinical laboratory results in the industry,” said James Billington, president and chief operating officer of AEL. “The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has more than 1,000 direct flights daily, Love Field another 225, and Memphis has a combined 500 commercial flights arriving daily. With the opening of our Las Colinas lab, we now have the capability of providing an extensive array of routine and esoteric clinical tests in two of the nation’s top transportation hubs, which is a significant logistical competitive advantage. Further, our access to a superior labor pool enhances our ability to offer a deeply esoteric test menu in this facility.”
The opening of the Las Colinas facility marks the successful consolidation of AEL’s previous Texas acquisitions into a single operation. These labs had specialized focus on serving the critical needs of hospitals, specialty physicians and other health care providers in virology, coagulation and molecular infectious disease. With its expansion into the new facility, the company is adding several new clinical assays to its test menu, thereby creating a full menu of esoteric and routine clinical tests.
About American Esoteric Laboratories, Inc.
American Esoteric Laboratories, Inc. (AEL) is a company designed to provide industry leading turn-around time, informatics, personalized service, and other qualitative services in clinical reference testing to hospitals and other specialized healthcare providers. The company’s primary emphasis is on clinical esoteric tests, which provide physicians with the clinical information required to complete a diagnosis, establish a prognosis, or to choose and monitor a therapeutic regimen. AEL uses advanced information technology solutions to accelerate and automate electronic assay ordering and results reporting for its customers. AEL’s Dallas laboratory is located at 6221 Riverside Drive, Suite 119, Irving, TX 75039, about ten minutes from DFW International Airport. More information is located at http://www.ael.com/ .
American Esoteric Laboratories, Inc.
CONTACT: Craig Parks of Blanc & Otus Public Relations, +1-512-335-8771,x.12, or cparks@blancandotus.com , for American Esoteric Laboratories, Inc.
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