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Website: http://www.cardinal.com Cardinal is the nation's leading supplier of products and services to the healthcare industry, including pharmacies, hospitals, labs and drug companies. Cardinal makes more than 50,000 deliveries to 40,000 customer sites. The company manufactures more than 4 million medical/surgical products, used in 50% of all surgeries and by 90% of all hospitals in the U.S. Cardinal has 30 medical/surgical manufacturing plants and 46 medical/surgical distribution centers, 25 pharmaceutical distribution centers in the U.S. and 42 pharmaceutical manufacturing, laboratory and packaging facilities in 11 countries. In fiscal 2007, Cardinal had revenues of $87 billion and net income of $1.4 billion. History In 1971, Robert Walter founded Cardinal Foods, a food wholesaler. In 1979, the company would move into drug wholesaling with the purchase of Bailey Drug Company. The new company was called Cardinal Distribution. Cardinal would expand its drug distribution services through acquisitions and sold off its food services operations in 1988. The company would become Cardinal Health in 1994 and continued to acquire several more companies in the healthcare distribution field to become the giant it is today. Benefits - Medical, dental and vision care coverage Updated February 10, 2008 |