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School Specialty Expands Into the Healthcare Market With the Launch of Soar Life Products(TM)
School Specialty Expands Into the Healthcare Market With the Launch of Soar Life Products(TM).
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nGREENVILLE, Wis., Dec. 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- School Specialty, Inc. (OTCQB:SCOO) (\"School Specialty\", \"SSI\" or \"the Company\"), a leading distributor of supplies, furniture and both curriculum and supplemental learning resources to the education marketplace, today announced the launch of Soar Life Products™, a new division focused on meeting the needs of the healthcare industry through innovative educational solutions.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\tSoar Life Products provides thousands of innovative products that improve well-being, from early childhood to adults in senior care. The Company's offering includes proprietary School Specialty brands, including Childcraft®, Classroom Select®, Sax Arts & Crafts®, Sportime®, Abilitations®, and a host of others, as well as third-party brands from well-known industry leaders including 3M, Crayola and Champion, among others. Products span the gamut and are tailored to address the needs of healthcare organizations around the world, focusing on Arts & Crafts, Physical Activity and Recreational Sports, Furniture, Therapeutic Needs and general supplies, all of which are used by healthcare facilities on a daily basis. Soar Life Products will now be sold to the healthcare industry, including acute and non-acute settings such as hospitals, long-term care, therapeutic facilities, home care, surgery centers, early childhood and day care centers, physical offices and clinics, both on a direct basis and through 3rd-parties.\n\n\tIn conjunction with the launch, the Company also announced today, a new agreement with Amerinet, a leading healthcare solutions organization. Amerinet's mission is to deliver customer-focused supply chain solutions, built on value, innovation, quality and ease of use, to drive operational excellence. Founded in 1986, Amerinet focuses on reducing healthcare costs and improving healthcare quality by providing flexible and customized solutions to a wide-array of related healthcare facilities. Today, Amerinet services more than 80,000 facilities in the U.S., collaborating with acute and non-acute healthcare providers – hospitals, surgery centers, long-term care facilities, clinics and doctors' offices – to create and deliver unique solutions. From cl...