2015 U.S.-Booked Air
Volume: $46.2
million
BTN estimates medical devices
and equipment manufacturer Styker’s U.S.-booked air volume dropped 30 percent
in 2015. Revenue totaled $9.9 billion, a 2.8 percent increase in 2014. Stryker,
which employs 26,000, implemented a global enterprise resource planning system
in 2015 and merged its European and U.S. businesses under a transatlantic
model. It plans to incorporate Canada in 2016. In January 2015, Stryker
acquired CHG Hospital Beds, a manufacturer that operates in Canada, the United
States and the United Kingdom. In September 2015, Stryker acquired Muka Metal,
a Turkey-based manufacturer and marketer of hospital furniture, stretchers and
other accessories. In April 2016, the firm completed the acquisition of Sage
Products and Synergetics.