Cook Group Explained

Cook Group Incorporated
Type:privately held company
Founder:William A. "Bill" Cook
Area Served:worldwide
Key People:Gayle Cook (Co-Founder)
Carl Cook (CEO)
Pete Yonkman
Industry:medical device, Building Materials, Manufacturing,Plastic, Packaging & Containers.
Revenue:Over $2 billion
Num Employees:Over 12,000
Homepage:http://www.cookmedical.com
http://www.cookbro.com
http://www.cookgroup.com
Location City:Bloomington, Indiana
Location Country:USA

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.[1] It has three main divisions: Cook Medical, Cook Services and Cook Properties. All three divisions are made up of several subsidiary companies.[2]

History

The flagship company, Cook Incorporated, part of the medical division, was founded in 1963 in a spare bedroom in Bloomington.[3] 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 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]

Subsidiaries

Medical manufacturing

Allied manufacturing

Affiliates

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: #324 Cook Group . 2008-11-03 . . . 2009-10-19 .
  2. Web site: Corporate Profile . Cook Group Incorporated . Bloomington, Indiana . 2009-10-01 . 2009-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609001637/http://www.cookgroup.com/profile/ . 2011-06-09 . dead .
  3. Web site: History & Innovators . Cook Group Incorporated . Bloomington, Indiana . 2009-10-01 . 2009-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100128005840/http://www.cookgroup.com/history/index.html . 2010-01-28 . dead .
  4. Web site: 1960s: How Cook Medical Got Its Start. Cook Medical. 12 February 2014.
  5. Web site: Clinical Divisions at a Glance. Cook Medical. 12 February 2014.
  6. Web site: About CFC, Inc. . CFC, Inc. . Bloomington, Indiana . 2009-10-19 . 2009-10-19 . 2009-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091125144357/http://www.cfcincorporated.com/about.php . dead .
  7. Web site: Cook Pharmica Sold To Catalent For $950M, Cook Group Buys GE Plant . 31 July 2019 . Indiana Public Media.
  8. Web site: Newmarker . Chris . 2022-02-07 . CooperCompanies to buy Cook Medical's reproductive health business for $875M . 2023-11-21 . MassDevice . en-US.