Symmetry Medical Inc (SMA_OLD)

Symmetry Medical Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and produces medical device solutions and surgical instruments in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Solutions and Symmetry Surgical. The OEM Solutions segment primarily offers implants, including forged, cast, and machined products for the orthopedic device market; instruments used in the placement and removal of orthopedic implants and in other surgical procedures; cases comprising plastic, metal, and hybrid cases used to organize, secure, and transport medical devices for orthopedic, endoscopy, dental, and other surgical procedures; and other specialized products for the aerospace market. This segment also provides design, engineering, and project management services. The Symmetry Surgical segment offers a range of products comprising table-mounted retractors, holders, scissors, clamps, forceps, dissectors, hemostats, speculums, vascular scissors, vascular forceps, needle holders, clamps, rib retractors, curettes, dissectors/elevators, nerve hooks, duralhooks, retractors, rongeurs, bone-cutting forceps, osteotomes, chisels, gouges, hand-held retractors, self-retaining retractors, spreaders, and storage containers, as well as general disposables, including suction tubes, skin markers, vein strippers, disposable towel clips, and lubricants. Its products are used in the surgical specialties of spine, general/obstetrics/gynecology, microsurgery/neurosurgery, orthopedics, laparoscopy, cardiovascular, thoracic, and general surgery in the hospital setting, as well as surgery centers. This segment markets its products under the SYMMETRY, BOOKWALTER, RAPIDCLEAN, CLASSIC PLUS, CLASSIC, MICROSECT, OLSEN, SECTO, OPTI-LENGTH, MAGNAFREE, ACCESS SURGICAL, GREENBERG, RILEY, QUAD-LOCK, and ULTRA brand names. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana.