Medline statements regarding Tracy, Calif., incident

Press Release

Securing 1.6-plus million square feet of new space after fire, Medline leases two large distribution centers in Northern California

Northfield, Ill., July 6, 2026 – Medline (Nasdaq: MDLN) has announced a lease agreement for an existing 925,000-square-foot warehouse in Tracy, Calif., for immediate occupancy, as well as a 709,000-square-foot facility nearby in Stockton, Calif., for use in January 2027. These two facilities total more than 1.6 million square feet of new medical supplies distribution center space and more than supplant the 1 million-square-foot Tracy facility that was destroyed by fire on June 11. This new capacity to serve regional healthcare providers also represents a 45% expansion of Medline’s customer-facing Northern California footprint from just one month ago.

Medline’s newly leased 925,000-square-foot distribution center is located on Sugar Road in Tracy, less than 10 miles from the previous Medline site in Tracy. Already largely built to meet Medline’s high-volume distribution needs, this facility is planned to start accepting deliveries from the company’s vast distribution network and start delivering to customers from Medline’s dedicated fleet of MedTrans trucks in the coming months. This new facility also is expected to eventually house many of the same AI-powered technologies already common at other Medline facilities.

Additionally, Medline’s new 709,000-square-foot facility in Stockton is planned to open in January 2027, and alongside the new Tracy facility will help service healthcare providers and Medline customers across Northern California.

Across the state of California, Medline’s distribution center footprint is expected to continue to grow and reach nearly 5 million square feet by mid-2027. This includes a new 1 million-square-foot distribution center being built in Perris.

“The Medline team’s resilience, determination and commitment to serving healthcare providers have been nothing short of extraordinary,” said Jim Boyle, CEO of Medline. “Securing and standing up a new facility in less than one month — and increasing our customer-facing footprint in Northern California by an incredible 45% — speaks to our incredible dedication to making healthcare run better every day for our customers.”

Doug Golwas, Medline’s chief commercial officer, added: “We are doing everything we can to meet the needs of our customers as they seek to best serve their patients. We are grateful for the collaborative teamwork from healthcare providers across the West Coast over the past few weeks as we worked to get them what they need, when and where they need it. We believe these new and expanded facilities will make this process even smoother in the weeks and months ahead.”

Johnny Glover, senior director of operations for Medline’s original site in Tracy, will continue as the leader for the new Tracy facility.

“I could not be prouder of our team and the way they’ve responded in the face of adversity,” Glover said. “The team’s commitment to our healthcare customers and their patients who rely on us every day is what is allowing us to keep serving our customers during an incredibly challenging time.”

About Medline

Medline is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care. Through its broad product portfolio, resilient supply chain and leading clinical solutions, Medline helps healthcare providers improve their clinical, financial and operational outcomes. Headquartered in Northfield, Ill., the company employs more than 45,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how Medline makes healthcare run better, visit www.medline.com.

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Situation update: June 19, 2026, at 2:45 p.m. CT

Medline is continuing to carry out its response activities following the fire at its facility in Tracy, Calif., with ongoing efforts to support Medline employees and local community members, and serve healthcare customers by getting them the products they need when and where they need them.  

Medline Team Updates

• Medline is focused on supporting our teammates in Tracy.   

• We are extremely grateful that every employee was evacuated safely and all are accounted for.  

• We understand the emotions and disruption that many Medline employees and team members are experiencing with this event. Medline continues to support affected employees through financial assistance, reimbursement for lost and damaged items, counseling resources though our Employee Assistance Program, and a staffed command center and hotline providing updates in English and Spanish.  

• Where possible, in collaboration with local officials and Clean Harbors, Medline is also actively recovering and returning employees’ personal belongings – including vehicles, wallets and other items. Medline is towing employee vehicles to a safe location near the facility’s outer perimeter and assessing damage. Before returning vehicles to employees, Medline and its partner Servpro are professionally cleaning the vehicles and validating functionality.   

• The Tracy site held regular safety drills as outlined and required by OSHA, including an emergency evacuation drill on site on April 15, 2026.  Medline’s safety protocols and Emergency Action Plan worked as designed during the June 11 fire, with appropriate head counts and muster (assembly) points utilized as outlined in the Emergency Action Plan. Medline’s top priority was to get employees to a safe location outside the building and then off site. Employee safety comes first during an incident.  

Site and Community Clean-up Updates

• Medline is focused on supporting the Tracy community.  

• Demolition and environmental clean-up is underway at the site, with teams coordinating closely with local officials and Clean Harbors, our third-party environmental response experts.  

• Clean Harbors also continues the cleanup of public areas and private residences in the area. For clean–up related inquiries, residents can contact Clean Harbors at 209-751-1888 (hotline staffed daily 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. PT).  

• Medline has donated gloves and N95 masks to Fire Station 95 in Tracy for distribution to community members. 

• Most of the medical supplies previously stored in the Tracy warehouse are used in common healthcare settings, and as such, many are flammable but are not harmful. Clean Harbors has concluded rigorous testing and determined that fire debris that fell on residences in the community is non-hazardous, a finding that has been shared with local agencies. Additional testing is being conducted to confirm these initial results.    

Healthcare Customer Updates

• Medline is focused on avoiding disruption of product deliveries to customers.   

• Our command center has been operating since the incident, and the Medline team continues to execute our network contingency plan and leverage secondary and tertiary distribution centers. 

• Medline continues shipping products 24/7 to healthcare providers. Our priority remains restoring inventory flow to stabilize fill rates as recovery work progresses. Medline is actively working to expand delivery and inventory capacity to swiftly restore full operational capacity to operations in Northern California. 

• We have also boosted regional staffing, regional inventory and transportation capacity through increased use of MedTrans trucks, third-party carriers, and truck relay operations to accelerate product movement throughout the impacted region. 

• The Tracy facility is part of our expansive distribution network, and specifically a local distribution center largely serving healthcare providers across Northern California. The Tracy facility primarily functioned as a fulfillment center of customer demand, distributing Medline Brand products and third-party products to local and regional customers. Medline's local transship location in Manteca, Calif., continues to operate normally. 

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Situation update: June 17, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. CT

Medline continues to work closely with fire department and local authorities regarding the fire at our distribution facility in Tracy, Calif. 

What’s new: 

For the Tracy Community & Local Medline Employees

• Local officials have indicated the situation is nearing full containment. Earlier this morning, the fire department transitioned control of the site to Medline and our environmental response partner, Clean Harbors. Community members can contact Clean Harbors at 209-751-1888. This hotline is staffed daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. PT. 

• Medline has donated gloves and N95 masks to Fire Station 95 in Tracy for distribution to community members.

• Medline is towing employee vehicles to a safe location near the facility's outer perimeter and assessing damage. Before returning vehicles to employees, Medline and its partner Servpro are professionally cleaning the vehicles and validating safety and functionality.  

For Healthcare Customers

• As resiliency operations have scaled, Medline has identified additional opportunities to strengthen medical supplies delivery speed, coordination and visibility across our network.

• Medline plans to provide customers impacted by this situation with daily updates regarding order status as the company utilizes a real-time dashboard and instruction manual to help ensure transparency and supply continuity.

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For the latest information and public statements from Medline, visit our website here. If you are a member of the news media and have questions, please connect with the Medline public relations team at MedlineMediaRelations@medline.com or 224-327-9999. 

Situation update: June 15, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. CT

Medline continues to work closely with the fire department and local authorities as they respond to the fire at our distribution facility in Tracy, California. We remain focused on supporting the Tracy community, our Medline employees, and healthcare customers across Northern California and beyond as response efforts continue. 

We are actively supporting cleanup efforts in the surrounding area. An expert third-party partner is working to safely gather debris in public areas, and we have established a process for residents and businesses to receive assistance with debris removal. Community members can contact Clean Harbors, Medline's expert debris removal partner, at 209-751-1888. This hotline is staffed daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. PT beginning Monday, June 15. 

We have connected with nearly all affected employees and continue to provide onsite and local support, including financial assistance, counseling resources and ongoing communication as we work through next steps together. We remain incredibly grateful that all Medline employees and on-site personnel were safely evacuated and accounted for. 

Similarly, we remain intensely focused on serving our customers. Our command center has been operating since the incident, and the team continues to tirelessly execute our network contingency plan and leverage secondary and tertiary distribution centers.  

We continued shipping products to healthcare providers throughout the weekend. The vast majority of customer order volume has been addressed through rerouting and redistribution. We are reviewing and expanding inventory across the region and broader network to meet demand and reduce delivery times. We have also increased staffing and transportation capacity, including adding MedTrans drivers and leveraging third-party carriers to accelerate deliveries. Our teams are using real-time data tracking and customer-specific dashboards to help prioritize and fulfill orders as efficiently as possible. 

Medline is working cooperatively with local officials and regulatory authorities to assess  potential impacts on the community. We remain in close communication with appropriate agencies and will share additional information as it becomes available. 

For the latest information and public statements from Medline, visit our website here. Please also see the recent public statement from Medline CEO, Jim Boyle, here.  

If you are a member of news media and have questions, please connect with the Medline PR team at MedlineMediaRelations@medline.com or 224-327-9999.

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Situation update: June 13, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. CT

Our priority right now is supporting our team after the fire that impacted our Tracy, California, Medline distribution facility on Thursday, June 11. We remain incredibly grateful that all Medline employees and on-site personnel were safely evacuated and accounted for.

• We have connected with nearly all affected employees and are offering onsite and local support, resources including financial support and counseling services, and continued communication as we work through next steps together.

• We are committed to robustly supporting our local employees during this time, and are identifying opportunities to return to work in the near term.

We are also intensely focused on serving our customers – healthcare providers in Northern California and beyond. Our command center was set up immediately on Thursday June 11, and has been working continuously 24 hours-a-day to maintain service and execute Medline’s network contingency plan that incorporates secondary and tertiary distribution centers.

• Medical products previously distributed through the Tracy facility have already been reassigned, and the vast majority of order lines have been rerouted to other Medline distribution centers within our regional network to support our customers’ needs.

• We have also boosted regional staffing, regional inventory and transportation capacity through increased use of MedTrans trucks, third-party carriers, and truck relay operations to accelerate product movement throughout the impacted region.

We continue to work with local authorities to investigate the situation and the impact on the local community, and will continue to share updates as more information becomes available.

Please also see the recent public statement from Medline CEO, Jim Boyle, here. If you are a member of news media and have questions, please connect with the Medline PR team: MedlineMediaRelations@medline.com or 224-327-9999.

Situation update: June 12, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. CT

On June 11, a fire impacted Medline’s distribution facility in Tracy, California. We are grateful that all Medline employees and on-site personnel were safely evacuated and accounted for.

The Tracy facility is part of Medline’s expansive distribution network, and specifically a local distribution center largely serving parts of Northern California.

Medline’s supply chain is designed with resiliency, scale and flexibility at its core. Immediately following this incident, Medline activated a command center and a network contingency plan and began incorporating secondary and tertiary distribution centers. Product distribution previously supported by the Tracy facility has been reassigned and it is in the process of being deployed to other facilities within our regional network to help maintain  service and support customer needs.

We will continue to share updates as more information becomes available.

Situation update: June 11, 2026, at 5 p.m. CT

Medline can confirm a fire is occurring at our Tracy, California distribution facility. All Medline employees and on-site personnel are accounted for. The safety and well-being of our employees is our top priority. We are coordinating closely with local authorities and first responders as we assess the fire’s impact and will share more details as they become available.