Awards
2009
- Stryker moves up to #375 on the Fortune 500 list.
- Stryker wins the Gallup Great Workplace Award for the third consecutive year, prevailing over millions of work teams in more than 100 countries.
- Barron's ranks Stryker #140 on its list of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. and Canada.
- Stryker is #166 on IndustryWeek's U.S. 500, a list of the largest publicly-held U.S. manufacturing companies.
- Fortune names Stryker the #6 most admired company in the medical and other precision equipment industry.
- Stryker ranks in Newsweek's inaugural Green Rankings of the 500 largest U.S. companies for environmental performance, policies and reputation as #420.
- Fortune ranks Kalamazoo, Michigan, as the 182nd Best Place in the U.S. for Businesses and Careers. It also lists Stryker as the best big company in the area.
- New Jersey Monthly names Stryker Orthopaedics one of 12 Great Places to Work in New Jersey.
- New Jersey Business Magazine names Stryker one of its Top 100 Employers in New Jersey.
- Stryker Endoscopy is named the #13 best place to work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times/Silicon Valley Business Journal.
- Hewitt Associates names Stryker's Global Technology Center the #13 Best Employer in India, recognizing our worldwide employment and development practices.
- The Sunday Times includes Stryker U.K. on its list of Top 100 Companies, naming Stryker the 51st best mid-size company to work for in the U.K.
- Stryker’s sales office in Duisburg, Germany, receives the TOP JOB award for the second time, again distinguishing itself as one of the best employers in Germany.
2008
- Stryker is #401 on the Fortune 500 list.
- Stryker is awarded the Gallup Great Workplace Award for the second year in a row, recognized once again for having one of the best-performing workforces in the world.
- Fortune names Stryker the #2 most admired company in the medical and other precision equipment industry. Ranked #1 in the same group for financial soundness and long-term investment.
- Stryker receives the Lifetime Achievement for Innovation Award from the Western Michigan Business Review.
- Included on The Motley Fool's list of 245 Incredible Companies for having the best stock performance over the past decade.
- Stryker is ranked #33 on the Hay Group’s list of the top 50 companies most admired for human resource practices.
- The Sunday Times names Stryker U.K. the best medical device company to work for in the U.K. for the second year in a row and the 32nd best mid-size company to work for in the U.K.
- Stryker Canada is named one of the top employers in the Hamilton-Niagara region of Ontario in Canada’s Top 100 Employers competition.
- Stryker Osteosynthesis is named one of the top employers for engineers in Germany by CRF.com.
- Karriere magazine names Stryker Osteosynthesis a “Fair Company” for treating interns and students with respect.
- Stryker Osteosynthesis’ plant in Freiburg, Germany receives the CRF Award for human resources and places third in company culture and job security.
2007
- Stryker is awarded the Gallup Great Workplace Award, which recognizes the companies with the most engaged and productive workforces in the world.
- For its 25th anniversary, USA Today highlights Stryker as 1 of 25 companies whose stock, if purchased 25 years ago, would have produced a 25,383% return.
- BusinessWeek ranks Stryker #31 on its list of the 50 best performers in the S&P500.
- Fortune ranks Stryker as the #3 most admired company in the medical products and equipment sector.
- Stryker is awarded the Diversification Achievement in Life Sciences Award from the State of Michigan for laying new economic foundations in the technology sector.
- Stryker U.K. is named the best medical device company to work for in the U.K. by The Sunday Times.
- Stryker Endoscopy is named the #5 best place to work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times/Silicon Valley Business Journal/East Bay Business Times.
- Stryker Osteosynthesis’ plant in Kiel, Germany, receives the BestPersAward for the third consecutive year and places first in personnel development.
- Stryker’s sales office in Duisburg, Germany, receives the TOP JOB award, distinguishing itself as one of the best employers in Germany.
2006
- Stryker EMS receives a Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) for the Power-PRO XT ambulance cot.
- Stryker Biotech is named the best large company to work for in New Hampshire by Business New Hampshire magazine.
- Stryker Osteosynthesis’ plant in Kiel, Germany, receives the BestPersAward, for the second consecutive year, from the Institute for Management Competence at the University of Saarland in Germany.
2005
- Medical Product Outsourcing magazine ranks Stryker #9 on its list of the top 30 global medical device companies.
- Barron’s ranks Stryker #211 on the list of “500 Companies That Have Done The Best Job for Their Shareholders.”
- Fortune ranks Stryker as the #1 most admired company in the medical products and equipment sector.
- Stryker Medical receives the Nightingale Award for design of the Stryker Tru-fit Overbed Table.
- Stryker Endoscopy is named the #2 best place to work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times/Silicon Valley Business Journal/East Bay Business Times.
- Stryker’s plant in Limerick, Ireland, receives the Excellence Through People award, a program that is Ireland’s national standard for human resource development, supported by employers, trade unions and the government.
2004
- Stryker is featured in IndustryWeek’s “Focus On the 50 Top Performers” highlighting the best manufacturing companies.
- Crain’s Detroit Business ranks Stryker #6 in the top 50 public companies in Michigan based on total return.
- IndustryWeek ranks Stryker #586 on its list of the world’s 1,000 largest manufacturing companies.
- Barron’s Online ranks Stryker #11 on its list of the 500 best companies for investors.
- Stryker is featured in Fortune’s issue on the fastest-growing companies.
- Fortune ranks Stryker as the #2 most admired company in the medical products and equipment sector.
2003
- MX magazine ranks Stryker #13 of the top Medtech firms posting strong Q2 gains.
- Medical Product Outsourcing magazine ranks Stryker #10 on its list of the top 30 global medical device companies.
- BusinessWeek ranks Stryker #25 on its list of the 50 best performers in the S&P500 for sales, earnings and return.
- Forbes ranks Stryker #312 on its list of “America’s 500 Top Companies” for sales, profits, assets and market value.
- Money magazine features Stryker for 26 years of 26% compounded earnings per share growth.
- Fortune ranks Stryker as the #2 most admired company in the medical products and equipment sector.
- Stryker is listed in the Fortune 500 for the first time.
- Stryker EMS receives a Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) for the Stair-PRO stair chair.
2002
- Stryker receives the 2002 Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) national Outstanding Corporate Growth award.
- Fortune ranks Stryker #51 on its list of the 100 Fastest Growing Companies for EPS growth, revenue growth and total return.
- IndustryWeek ranks Stryker #652 on its list of the world’s 1,000 largest manufacturing companies.
- BusinessWeek ranks Stryker #37 on its list of the 50 best performers in the S&P500 for sales, earnings and return.
- BusinessWeek places Stryker in the top 15% on its list of 500 best companies for shareholder return versus executive compensation.
- Forbes ranks Stryker #343 on its list of Super 500 Companies in America for sales, profits, assets and market value.
- The Detroit Free Press ranks Stryker #24 on its list of the 50 companies in Michigan with the highest revenue.
- Fortune ranks Stryker #5 on its list of the most admired companies in the precision equipment sector.
- CNN Money names Stryker as 1 of 5 stocks that posted solid growth in dividends, earnings and sales.
2001
- The Detroit Free Press ranks Stryker #25 on its list of the 50 companies in Michigan with the largest revenue.
1998
- IndustryWeek names Stryker’s Osteonics plant in Allendale, New Jersey, as one of the ten best manufacturing plants in the U.S.
1994
- Stryker Medical receives the Society of Business Designers APEX Award for the Renaissance series stretcher.
1993
- BusinessWeek ranks Stryker #77 on its list of 250 Companies on the Move.
- The Wall Street Transcript awards Stryker a bronze medal in its Special Report on Healthcare/Hospital Supply.
- BDO Seidman/Durocher & Co. ranks Stryker #15 on the list of the top 100 Michigan-based public companies for return on sales.
1989
- The Detroit News ranks Stryker #186 on its list of Corporate America's Top 'Pickens'.
