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Article: Device Makers Grow Workers; Edwards Adds 200, Takes No. 1
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- Orange County Business Journal
- Article date:
- August 31, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright CBJ, L. P. Aug 31-Sep 6, 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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There's a new name atop the ranks of Orange County's medical device makers.
Irvine heart valve maker Edwards Lifesciences Corp. is the largest employer in the local medical device industry after adding nearly 200 employees, according to this week's Business Journal list.
Overall, the list shows that the 27 largest medical device makers either headquartered here or with significant operations here grew their employment by 5.4% during the past 12 months.
In all, the companies, which make products ranging from replacement eye lenses to heart valves, employ 13,806 people in the county.
A year earlier, OC's largest medical device companies added 356 workers to their ranks for a 3% gain to 12,984 ...