LEADING Medtech Innovation
Stryke force WORDS BY Ta ra C o rri st i n e
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T’S SOMEWHAT OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT IT’S BEEN A BUSY COUPLE OF DECADES FOR STRYKER
Medtech giant Stryker is firmly embedded in Ireland, with its European Regional Headquarters and seven cutting-edge operations located here. David Tallon, Vice President of Research and Development, Stryker Neurosurgical, speaks to us about the dynamic educational partnerships they have launched, and how Ireland’s industry spectrum offers huge potential for growth.
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IN IRELAND. THE WORLD-LEADING MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY BEGAN ITS IRISH JOURNEY IN 1998 WITH TWO GREENFIELD SITES AND A HANDFUL OF EMPLOYEES IN CARRIGTWOHILL, COUNTY CORK. IT HAS NOW GROWN TO SEVEN MANUFACTURING FACILITIES , INCLUDING A STATE- OF-THE-ART ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FACILITY AND A GLOBAL INNOVATION CENTRE, AND ITS EUROPEAN REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS WITH AROUND 3,800 STAFF ON THE ROSTER.
Stryker was founded in Michigan in 1941 by Dr Homer Stryker after he had invented the turning frame and walking heel while studying orthopaedic surgery at the University of Michigan. Today, the company offers products and services across orthopaedics, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine, with 7,784 patents owned globally in 2018. David Tallon is Vice President of Research and Development for Stryker’s Neurosurgical
business units with responsibility for R&D sites in the US, Germany, Ireland and Japan. He joined the organisation when it established in Ireland. “It was a different climate when Stryker came to Ireland in 1998. There were a lot of medtech companies starting here at the time and a cluster was beginning to establish. We had studied several different locations, and two divisions within Stryker decided to locate in
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