Cook Group

Cook Group Incorporated
Company type	privately held company
Industry	medical devices
Founded	1963
Founder	William A. "Bill" Cook
Headquarters	Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Area served	worldwide
Key people	Gayle Cook (Co-Founder); Carl Cook (CEO); David Breedlove (CFO)
Revenue	US$1.5 billion (2008)
Number of employees	9,000
Divisions	Medical Manufacturing; Allied Manufacturing; Cook Group Affiliates
Website	www.cookgroup.com

Cook Group Incorporated is an American privately held company based in Bloomington, Indiana, and primarily involved in manufacturing of medical devices. It was ranked #324 in Forbes' 2008 America's Largest Private Companies.^[2] It has three main divisions: Cook Medical, Allied Manufacturing, and Affiliates. All three divisions are made up of several subsidiary companies.^[3]

The flagship company, Cook Incorporated, part of the Medical division, was founded in 1963 in a spare bedroom in Bloomington.^[1] The first products of Cook Incorporated included catheters, needles, and wire guides.^[4] Today, the company manufactures over 16,000 products across 13 hospital service lines, and serves 135 countries.^[5] Other companies include also the manufacturers K-Tube and Cook Polymer Technology. Cook also owns CFC, Inc., a property development company^[3] that owns residential and commercial properties in Bloomington as well as Fountain Square Mall and Grant Street Inn.^[6]

Subsidiaries

Medical manufacturing

Cook Incorporated
Cook Urological Incorporated
Cook Pharmica, LLC
Cook MyoSite
Cook Regentec
MED Institute, Inc.
Cook Biotech Incorporated
Cook Endoscopy
Cook Vascular Incorporated
William Cook Europe ApS
William A. Cook Australia Pty. Ltd.
Cook Ireland Ltd.

Allied manufacturing

Sabin Corporation now Cook Polymer Technology
K-Tube Corporation

Affiliates

CFC, Inc.
- Fountain Square Mall
- Grant Street Inn
Cook Aviation Inc.
Star Travel Services, Inc.
Cook Family Health Center Inc.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "History & Innovators". Bloomington, Indiana: Cook Group Incorporated. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "#324 Cook Group". Forbes.com: America's Largest Private Companies. New York City: Forbes.com LLC. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
^ ^a ^b "Corporate Profile". Bloomington, Indiana: Cook Group Incorporated. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
^ "1960s: How Cook Medical Got Its Start". Cook Medical. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
^ "Clinical Divisions at a Glance". Cook Medical. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
^ "About CFC, Inc". Bloomington, Indiana: CFC, Inc. 2009-10-19.

External links

Cook Group — official home page
- Cook Medical — official home page; most Cook content
- Cook Corporate Profile — with links to subsidiaries

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[cook-history-1] "History & Innovators". Bloomington, Indiana: Cook Group Incorporated. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-19.

[forbes-privates08-2] "#324 Cook Group". Forbes.com: America's Largest Private Companies. New York City: Forbes.com LLC. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2009-10-19.

[cook-profile-3] "Corporate Profile". Bloomington, Indiana: Cook Group Incorporated. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-19.

[4] "1960s: How Cook Medical Got Its Start". Cook Medical. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

[5] "Clinical Divisions at a Glance". Cook Medical. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

[6] "About CFC, Inc". Bloomington, Indiana: CFC, Inc. 2009-10-19.

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