Dynacare
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| Company type | Partnership |
|---|---|
| Dynacare | |
| Industry | Health Care |
| Headquarters | , |
| Services | Clinical Laboratory |
Number of employees | 2500 |
| Website | dynacare |
Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories is a Canadian medical laboratory services company based in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.[1] Dynacare operates laboratories in Brampton, Bowmanville, London, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Pointe-Claire, Laval, and Winnipeg. In addition to the main laboratories Dynacare operates patient services centers throughout Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.[2]
Dynacare is an operational partnership founded in 1997 as Gamma-Dynacare between: Dynacare Laboratories; Gamma North Peel Partnership Inc.; and Bio-Science Laboratory (Ontario) Limited.[2][3] In 2002 Dynacare Laboratories (one of the Dynacare partners) was acquired by LabCorp for $480-million (U.S.) while also assuming Dynacare debt worth $205-million.[4] In 2015, it rebranded itself back to Dynacare.[5]
In 2011 Dynacare acquired the medical laboratory division of Warnex Inc. (TSX:WNX) for $7.5 Million.[6]
Awards
[edit]2013
[edit]2012
[edit]2011
[edit]2010
[edit]2009
[edit]2003
[edit]- Company of the Year by the Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce [3]
2002
[edit]- Outstanding Business Achievement Award by the City of Brampton and the Brampton Board of Trade[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Company Overview of Gamma Dynacare Medical Laboratories, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. May 8, 2013.[dead link]
- ^ a b Gamma-Dynacare Backgrounder
- ^ a b c d e f Gamma-Dynacare History
- ^ "Dynacare accepts offer from LabCorp". The Globe and Mail. May 10, 2002.
- ^ Corporate press release on name change
- ^ "Warnex sells lab division". Winnipeg Free Press. Dec 10, 2011.
- ^ "The GTA's 95 top employers for 2013". The Globe and Mail. Nov 19, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e CanadasTop100.com - Toronto
- ^ a b CanadasTop100.com
- ^ "Full list of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2010". The Globe and Mail. Oct 9, 2009.
- ^ "The honour roll, Is your company among the GTA's Top 75 Employers?". Toronto Star. Oct 18, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Company web site: dynacare.ca
- E-Zlab Health Service offers a remote blood test service for the greater Montreal area and for which analysis are done through gamma-dynacare.com
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