Cook Group Incorporated
privately held company
FounderWilliam A. "Bill" Cook[1]
Area servedworldwide
Key peopleGayle Cook (Co-Founder)
Carl Cook (CEO)
Pete Yonkman
Industrymedical device, Building Materials, Manufacturing, Plastic, Packaging & Containers.
RevenueOver $2 billion
Num employeesOver 12,000
Subsid
  • Cook Medical
  • Cook Properties
  • Cook Services
Homepage[1]
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Foundation1963[1]
Location cityBloomington, Indiana
Location countryUSA

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, Indiana[1] 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[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 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. 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". News - Indiana Public Media. 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.