Stryker Corp. (SYK) is in the Health Care Industry

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• The Cyborg Industry Springs a Squeak

  Medical devices are kind of the Rodney Dangerfield of medicine's high-tech armamentarium. Sure, companies like Medtronic, Guidant and Stryker make artificial replacements or supplements for body parts ranging from hearts to bones (OK -- joints), but for whatever reason, devices don't seem to inspire the popular imagination the way, say,...

  Blog posts 2008-05-13

  Tags: Joint, Stryker Corp., NYT, Corporate Communications, Marketing, David P. Hamilton

• Stryker's Biotech Unit Gets FDA Warning Letter

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Stryker Corp SYK said on Friday its biotechnology division received a warning letter from U.S. health regulators regarding quality systems and compliance issues at its Hopkinton, Massachusetts, location. Stryker shares dipped on the news and were trading $3.07 ...

  News items 2008-05-02

  Tags: Stryker Corp., biotechnology, FDA, regulator, Massachusetts, Chicago, compliance, clinical trial, medical device, Thomson Reuters Corp.

• TradeBeam Hits a Home Run for Stryker Instruments~ Supply Chain

  Faced with the challenge of sharing real-time forecast and consumption rate data information with suppliers, Stryker Instruments suffered inflated inventory levels, stock-outs and a variety of time-consuming supply chain administrative issues and costs. Stryker needed to give its U.S. and overseas suppliers a window into the division's data without administering...

  Case studies 2006-07-01

  Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Keller International Publishing, Stryker Corp., supply chain, medical equipment, Inventory Management, EDI, on-demand, supplier, window

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• Stryker to Present at Investor Conference

  KALAMAZOO, Mich., May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stryker Corporation announced today that its presentation time at the following investor conference has been revised from the previous announcement dated April 28, 2008. May 14, 2008 - 9:20 a.m. Pacific Time Bank of America 2008 Healthcare Conference ...

  Articles 2008-05-09

• Hospitals, Healthcare Systems to Save with Premier New Pain Management, Local Anesthetic Agreements

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for pain management - local anesthetic have been awarded to Curlin Medical Inc. of Huntington Beach, Calif.; I-Flow Corporation of Lake Forest, Calif.; MPS Acacia of Brea, Calif.; and Stryker of Kalamazoo, Mich. The 36-month agreements, effective...

  Articles 2008-05-09

• Stryker's Biotech Division Receives FDA Warning Letter

  KALAMAZOO, Mich., May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stryker Corporation announced today that its Biotech division has received a warning letter from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration FDA related to quality systems and compliance issues at its Hopkinton, Massachusetts location. The warning letter concerns observations made...

  Articles 2008-05-02

• General Dynamics Awarded $58 Million for Stryker Work

  STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded a $58 million contract modification to purchase long-lead materials for Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle variants. Work will be performed...

  Articles 2008-04-29

• Stryker to Present at Investor Conferences

  KALAMAZOO, Mich., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stryker Corporation announced today that it will participate in the following investor conferences: May 1, 2008 - 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference Key Biscayne, Florida May 14, 2008 - 9:30 a.m. Pacific...

  Articles 2008-04-28

• Stryker Operating Results for Quarter Ended March 31, 2008

  KALAMAZOO, Mich., April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stryker Corporation reported operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 as follows: First Quarter Highlights...

  Articles 2008-04-17

• Bridge not likely to be replaced

  Dewey Bridge is gone, and building a replacement is a long shot. That was the message Wednesday from the head of the Grand County Council, who said it would be costly and imprudent to build a replacement for the 92-year-old structure. The bridge, which...

  Articles 2008-04-14

• The Allied Defense Group and ATK Team Wins First Direct Fire Ammunition Contract

  ADG/ATK Team Wins 2-Year Contract to Supply US Stryker MGS Vehicle VIENNA, Va., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Allied Defense Group, Inc. announces the teaming relationship it created with Alliant Techsystems ATK, a $4.1 billion premier aerospace and defense company, to pursue opportunities in the conventional...

  Articles 2008-04-14

• Paul McLeary Named Senior Editor of Defense Technology International

  Investments in top-quality defense journalists continue to enhance AVIATION WEEK portfolio NEW YORK, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Defense technology journalist Paul McLeary, who most recently was a freelance contributing editor for Defense Technology International DTI magazine, has joined the AVIATION WEEK editorial team full-time as DTI's senior...

  Articles 2008-04-10

• Landmark 1916 wooden bridge near Moab is destroyed by fire

  A 92-year-old wooden suspension bridge across the Colorado River near Moab was destroyed by a fire that began with a boy playing with matches. "It's too bad. It was really kind of a historical marker for this area," Grand County Sheriff Jim Nyland said. "People are pretty...

  Articles 2008-04-08

• Fear and fighting in Iraq's Sadr City

  BAGHDAD AFP — "We're scared," admitted Abu Muamel as the sudden blast of a mortar round fightened the baby in his arms to tears and set US and Iraqi armoured vehicles racing through Sadr City's smoke-choked streets. "It's too dangerous to stay here," Abu Muamel added as he...

  Articles 2008-04-08

• Immigrants filling morgues

  BLANDING -- The foreigner is buried in a small-town cemetery, against a barbed-wire fence in an unmarked plot set aside for poor people. He might be Mexican. He might be Guatemalan. But he's simply called No. 8, a man with no name because his identity is still...

  Articles 2008-04-03

• Henry Klyce and Michael R. Mainelli, Jr. Join the Board of Active Implants Corporation

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Active Implants Corporation AIC, a pioneer of advanced polymer orthopaedic implant solutions, today announced the expansion of the AIC Board of Directors and the election of two new members, Henry Klyce, founder and CEO of St. Francis Medical Technologies and Michael R. Mainelli, Jr., formerly President of...

  Articles 2008-04-03

• The First Annual Global Blue Planet Summit, With a Mission of Positively Changing World Energy Culture, Takes Place This Week in Hawaii, April 3-5

  To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Michael Jensen, or Erin Podbereski, erin@jensencom.com,both of Jensen Communications, Inc., +1-626-585-9575; or RebeccaPang of Stryker Weiner & Yokota Public Relations, Inc., +1-808-523-8802, ext. 216, rebecca@strykerweiner.com, both for Blue PlanetSummit HONOLULU, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- With a timely andcritical mission of effecting positive change in...

  Articles 2008-04-03

• U.S. death toll

  As of Tuesday morning, 4,001 U.S. servicemembers and eight Defense Department civilians had been identified as having died in the war in Iraq: 3,270 from hostile action and 739 from non-combat-related incidents. Latest deaths identified: *Army Cpl. Steven I. Candelo, 20, Houston; died March 26 in...

  Articles 2008-04-02

• Army sergeant awarded DFC

  A 1st Stryker Brigade Soldier who saved the life of his platoon leader was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross last December 12 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, for his actions during an ambush in Iraq. Sgt. Gregory Williams, squad leader in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1/5th Infantry, 1st SBCT, 25th Infantry...

  Articles 2008-04-01

• Renovating the surgical suite reaps sweet rewards

  Renovating the surgical suite these days often means integration. Integrated operating rooms ORs are all the rage now, but they were practically unheard of only a couple of years ago. What's the hubbub about? What makes an OR integrated, and why is it such a good idea? How can you...

  Articles 2008-04-01