Cook Group

Cook Group Incorporated

Company type	privately held company
Industry	medical device, Building Materials, Manufacturing,Plastic, Packaging & Containers.
Founded	1963 (1963)[1]
Founder	William A. "Bill" Cook[1]
Headquarters	Bloomington, Indiana , USA
Area served	worldwide
Key people	Gayle Cook (Co-Founder) Carl Cook (CEO) Pete Yonkman
Revenue	Over $2 billion
Number of employees	Over 12,000
Subsidiaries	Cook Medical Cook Properties Cook Services
Website	[1] [2] [3]

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]

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.^[citation needed]

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 Medical in Denmark, part of William Cook Europe ApS 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.

References

1. "History & Innovators". Bloomington, Indiana: Cook Group Incorporated. 2009-10-01. Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
2. "#324 Cook Group". Forbes. New York City. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
3. "Corporate Profile". Bloomington, Indiana: Cook Group Incorporated. 2009-10-01. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. 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. Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
7. "Cook Pharmica Sold To Catalent For $950M, Cook Group Buys GE Plant". Indiana Public Media. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
8. Newmarker, Chris (2022-02-07). "CooperCompanies to buy Cook Medical's reproductive health business for $875M". MassDevice. Retrieved 2023-11-21.

External links

• Cook Group — official home page
  • Cook Medical — official home page; most Cook content
  • Cook Group Businesses — with links to subsidiaries