please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources medline industries news newspapers books scholar jstor free images april 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message medline industries inc. type privately held industry health care founded 1966 headquarters mundelein illinois key people charles mills ceo products medical and surgical supplies revenue 7.0 billion usd 2014 number of employees 12 000 website www.medline.com medline industries inc. based in mundelein illinois is a manufacturer and distributor of health care supplies . 1 customers include hospitals surgery centers physicians offices extended care facilities and dialysis centers though they do sell to consumers also . it is owned by the founding mills family . 2 the company s manufacturing and distribution capabilities encompass more than 350 000 products ranging from surgical instruments to hand sanitizers . numerous charges have been filed with the national labor relations board against medline industries for alleged unfair labor practices at the company s various manufacturing and distribution plants . 3 in 1977 for instance the labor board found management at an illinois medline facility engaged in unfair labor practices thereby directly violating the national labor relations act . 4 more recently a medline warehouse operator was terminated at medline s shepherdsville ky distribution facility in late september 2015 for allegedly engaging in protected labor organizing activities . 5 6 medline settled with this employee for 15 000 on condition that the employee not return to work ; this agreement was approved by the region 9 director garey lindsay on january 26 2016 . 7 references edit constructs such as ibid . loc . cit . and idem are discouraged by wikipedia s style guide for footnotes as they are easily broken . please improve this article by replacing them with named references quick guide or an abbreviated title . july 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message http www.forbes.com lists 2010 21 private companies 10 medline industries ugya.html mills family https www.nlrb.gov search all medline % 20 https www.nlrb.gov case 13 ca 014386 https www.nlrb.gov case 09 ca 160614 https www.nlrb.gov case 09 ca 166472 ibid . external links edit medline industries homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title medline industries & oldid 743197056 categories companies based in lake county illinoismundelein illinoismanufacturing companies based in illinoiscompanies established in 19661966 establishments in illinoishidden categories articles with a promotional tone from april 2011all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from april 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles with ibid from july 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 12 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view