Investment casting unit supports product cells based on orthopedic use in human anatomy

摘要

While there is much that distin-guishes the Stryker Howmedica Osteonics investment casting facility, perhaps the most pervasive is its organization and its relationship to the customer. Stryker Howmedica Osteonics moved into its current 220,000 square-foot facility in the spring of 2001, and plans to begin construction on another 200,000 square feet by the middle of this year. The company manufactures orthopedic implants and the instruments used to install the implants. Investment casting is one of 14 units which takes the orthopedic implant from design through shipping. Since the merger acquisition of Howmedica occurred in December 1998, the company has become the number one supplier of orthopedic implants worldwide.