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Introduction

730 Central Avenue
Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-1139
U.S.A.
Telephone: (908) 277-8000
Toll Free: (800) 367-2273
Fax: (908) 277-8240
Web site: http://www.crbard.com

Public Company
Incorporated: 1923
Employees: 8,300
Sales: $1.43 billion (2003)
Stock Exchanges: New York
Ticker Symbol: BCR
NAIC: 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing; 339113 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing; 334510 Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing

1. Introduction
2. Early History
3. Soaring Postwar Sales
4. Entering Manufacturing in the Mid-1960s
5. Pursuing Acquisitions in the 1970s and 1980s
6. Catheter Scandal in the Early 1990s
7. Early 2000s: Remaining Independent in Wake of Failed Buyout by Tyco
8. Principal Subsidiaries
9. Principal Competitors
10. Further Reading
11. Copyright Page
12. About Page