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.
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
^ abc"History & Innovators". Bloomington, Indiana: Cook Group Incorporated. 2009-10-01. Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2009-10-19.