Cook Group

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Cook Group Incorporated
Type privately held company
Industrymedical device, Building Materials, Manufacturing,Plastic, Packaging & Containers.
Founded1963 (1963) [1]
Founder William A. "Bill" Cook [1]
Headquarters,
USA
Area served
worldwide
Key people
Gayle Cook (Co-Founder)
Carl Cook (CEO)
Pete Yonkman
RevenueOver $2 billion
Number of employees
Over 12,000
Subsidiaries
  • Cook Medical
  • Cook Properties
  • Cook Services
Website

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, Cook Services and Cook Properties. All three divisions are made up of several subsidiary companies. [3]

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History

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 more than 16,000 products across 10 hospital service lines, and serves 135 countries. [5] Other companies include also the manufacturers K-Tube and Cook Polymer Technology. Cook owns CFC Properties, a property development company [3] that owns residential and commercial properties in Bloomington as well as Fountain Square Mall and Grant Street Inn. [6] Cook also restored and owns the French Lick Resort, which includes the historic West Baden Springs Hotel and the French Lick Springs Hotel.

In September 2017, Catalent purchased Cook Pharmica for $950 million. [7] In February 2022, Cook Medical sold its Reproductive Health business to The Cooper Companies for $875 million. [8]

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References

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