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, Indiana[3] The first products of Cook Incorporated included catheters, needles, and wire guides.[4] As of 2014, the company manufactured more than 16,000 products across 10 hospital service lines, and serves 135 countries.[5] Other companies include the manufacturers K-Tube and Cook Polymer Technology. Cook owns CFC Properties, a property development company[2] 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
- Cook Incorporated
- Cook Research Incorporated
- Cook Urological Incorporated
- Cook MyoSite
- 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.
- Cook Travel
- Cook Family Health Center Inc.
External links
- Cook Group — official home page
- Cook Medical — official home page; most Cook content
- Cook Group Businesses — with links to subsidiaries
References
- #324 Cook Group Forbes, 2008-11-03, retrieved 2009-10-19^
- Corporate Profile Cook Group Incorporated, 2009-10-01, retrieved 2009-10-19^
- History & Innovators 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. CFC, Inc., 2009-10-19, retrieved 2009-10-19^
- Cook Pharmica Sold To Catalent For $950M, Cook Group Buys GE Plant News - Indiana Public Media, Indiana Public Media, retrieved 31 July 2019^
- Chris Newmarker. CooperCompanies to buy Cook Medical's reproductive health business for $875M MassDevice, 2022-02-07, retrieved 2023-11-21^