As we pursue our mission to make healthcare better, we see endless opportunity. We also feel a great responsibility to our society. That is why we continue investing time and resources in the areas that are most important to our employees, customers and the communities where we live and work.

When Dr. Homer Stryker, an orthopaedic surgeon from Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A, found that certain medical products were not meeting his patients’ needs, he invented new ones. As interest in these products grew, Dr. Stryker started a company in 1941 to produce them. Today, we are one of the world's leading medical technology companies.