Report: Hill-Rom Purchases Local Supplier

Associates at a Batesville healthcare supplier were informed this week that the company has been purchased.
Associates at a Batesville healthcare supplier were informed this week that the company has been purchased.

Virtus employees were informed this week that the company has been purchased by its largest customer.

The company located on Lambers Pike in Batesville, is a manufacturer and supplier of healthcare products, such as hospital bed mattresses. The company receives the majority of its business from right up the road at Hill-Rom.

Sources have confirmed that Hill-Rom has bought out the local supplier.

No word on the exact details of the purchase or what will ensue for the approximately 100 employees of Virtus.

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