History

Zimmer was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana

Warsaw, Indiana

Warsaw is a city in and the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. Cradled among Winona Lake, Pike Lake, Hidden Lake and Center Lake, Warsaw is nicknamed "Lake City," though other cities in the surrounding area are also referred to by that nickname...

, where it is part of the medical devices business cluster

Business cluster

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 there.

Products

Zimmer designs, develops, manufactures and markets orthopaedic reconstructive, spinal and trauma devices, dental implants, and related orthopaedic surgical products. Zimmer has operations in more than 25 countries around the world and sells products in more than 100 countries.

In British English

British English

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, a "Zimmer" frame has grown to be used as a genericized trademark

Genericized trademark

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 term for any such kind of walking frame.

Company data

Zimmer's 2009 sales were approximately $4.095 billion, slightly less than its high of $4.121 billion, in 2008. The company is supported by the efforts of approximately 8,200 employees worldwide, 4,900 of whom reside in the United States

United States

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and 3,300 of whom are outside the U.S., primarily in Europe and Japan.