Zimmer Holdings
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| Type | Medical device |
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| Founded | Warsaw, Indiana, U.S. (1927) |
| Founder(s) | Justin Zimmer |
| Headquarters | Warsaw, Indiana, USA |
| Key people | John L. McGoldrick(Chairman) and David C. Dvorak(CEO) |
| Revenue | US$ 4.095 billion (2009) |
| Website | www.zimmer.com |
Zimmer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ZMH) is a publicly traded medical device company.
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[edit] History
Zimmer was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, where it is part of the medical devices business cluster there.
[edit] Products
Zimmer designs, develops, manufactures and markets orthopaedic reconstructive, spinal and trauma devices, dental implants, and related orthopaedic surgical products. Zimmer has operations in more than 25 countries around the world and sells products in more than 100 countries.[1]
In British English, a "Zimmer" frame has grown to be used as a genericized trademark term for any such kind of walking frame.
[edit] Company data
Zimmer's 2009 sales were approximately $4.095 billion, slightly less than its high of $4.121 billion, in 2008. The company is supported by the efforts of approximately 8,200 employees worldwide, 4,900 of whom reside in the United States and 3,300 of whom are outside the U.S., primarily in Europe and Japan.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Simon, Hermann, Hidden Champions of the 21st Century: Success Strategies of unknown World Market Leaders, London: Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-98147-5
- ^ "Zimmer Holdings, Inc 2009 Annual Report". http://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDFArchive/zmh2009.pdf. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
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