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]