Medical device company opens office in Columbia.

Texas-based medical device provider US Med-Equip has opened an office in Columbia as part of a Southeastern expansion. The company plans to invest $50 million in the region during the next five years, according to a news release from US Med-Equip.

The expansion includes new offices in Atlanta, Jacksonville, Columbia and Richmond. US Med-Equip recently opened offices in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Gainesville and Pensacola, Fla. The company says the new branches will help get its products into hospitals more quickly, as the demand for movable medical equipment is at a record high.

The Columbia office is located at 100 Northeast Drive, Suite 110.

US Med-Equip provides more than 37,000 moveable medical devices available for medical facilities to rent for neonatal or infusion...