Greatbatch Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
10000 Wehrle Dr., Clarence, NY 14031-2086, United States
(716)759-5600, (716)759-5560 fax, http://www.greatbatch.com

Primary SIC: Primary Batteries, Dry And Wet, Primary NAICS: Dry and Wet Primary Battery Manufacturing
Description: Greatbatch Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 1997 and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company is a developer and manufacturer of critical products used in medical devices for the cardiac rhythm management, neuromodulation, vascular, orthopedic and interventional radiology markets. Additionally, Greatbatch designs, manufactures and distributes electrochemical cells, battery packs and wireless sensors. Headquartered in Clarence, N.Y., the company operates in two reportable segments - implantable medical components and electrochem solutions. An implantable medical device is surgically inserted into the body to provide diagnosis or therapy, such as implantable pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, and cardiac resynchronization therapy with backup defibrillation devices. A new emerging opportunity sector implantable device market is the neuromodulation market, which is comprised of pacemaker-type devices that stimulate nerves for the treatment of various conditions, such as pain control, incontinence, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. The company's customized, rechargeable and non-rechargeable battery solutions are used in a number of demanding industrial markets such as energy, security, portable medical, environmental monitoring and more. Applications in this segment cover a number of battery-powered systems, including downhole drilling tools, hand-held military communications and automated external defibrillators.Manufacturing: Power sources, wet tantalum capacitors and precision engineered components used in implantable medical devices and other demanding applications.