indiana u.s. 1927 founder justin o. zimmer headquarters warsaw indiana usa key people david c dvorak president ceo revenue us 7.518 billion pro forma 2015 1 website www.zimmerbiomet.com zimmer biomet nyse zbh is a publicly traded medical device company . it was founded in 1927 to produce aluminum splints . the firm is headquartered in warsaw indiana where it is part of the medical devices business cluster . in 2001 zimmer was spun off from bristol myers squibb and began trading on the new york stock exchange on august 7 under the ticker symbol zmh . in november 2011 the company acquired extraortho inc. extraortho . in january 2012 the company acquired reno nevada based synvasive technology inc. on june 29 2015 the company changed the ticker symbol to zbh to reflect its acquisition of biomet . the justin zimmer house in warsaw is listed on the national register of historic places . contents 1 products 2 corporate history 2.1 acquisition history 3 company data 3.1 leadership 4 references 5 external links products edit zimmer designs develops manufactures and markets orthopaedics products including knee hip shoulder elbow foot and ankle artificial joints and dental prostheses . zimmer has operations in more than 25 countries around the world us australia austria belgium canada china czech republic finland france germany india ireland israel italy japan latin america netherlands brasil portugal russia south africa spain etc. and sells products in more than 100 countries . 2 corporate history edit exton pa office on 24 april 2014 it was announced that zimmer had agreed to purchase biomet inc. for 13.4 billion . 3 in october 2014 however it was announced that the eu s antitrust regulators had opened an extensive investigation into zimmer s bid for biomet due to concern that it would substantially lessen competition in certain markets . a decision was announced to be made on 16 february 2015 . 4 and on june 24 2015 zimmer completed its acquisition of biomet forming zimmer biomet holdings . acquisition history edit the following is an illustration of the company s major mergers acquisitions and historical predecessors zimmer biomet zimmer inc zimmer centerpulse ag 5 acq 2003 incentive capital ag 5 acq 2003 orthosoft inc 6 acq 2007 medizin technik gmbh 7 acq 2013 knee creations llc 8 acq 2013 etex holdings inc 9 acq 2014 biomet inc 11 merck kgaa 10 mercks interest in biomet merck joint venture acq 2004 renamed biomet europe group innovations inc 10 acq 1999 kirschner medical corporation 10 acq 1994 w. lorenz surgical inc 10 1992 arrow surgical technologies 10 acq 1990 renamed biomet sports medicine electro biology inc 10 acq 1988 orthopaedic equipment company 10 acq 1984 company data edit zimmer s 2013 sales were approximately 4.62 billion . the company is supported by the efforts of approximately 9 000 employees worldwide . leadership edit david c. dvorak is president and ceo 12 references edit 2015 annual report pdf . simon hermann hidden champions of the 21st century success strategies of unknown world market leaders london springer 2009 isbn 978 0 387 98147 5 michelle fay cortez . zimmer to buy biomet for 13.4 billion adding orthopedics . bloomberg.com . eu regulators open extensive probe into zimmer biomet deal press release . reuters . 3 october 2014 . a b zimmer biomet zimmer launches offers to acquire centerpulse ag and incentive capital ag . zimmerbiomet.com . zimmer biomet zimmer s offer to acquire orthosoft is successful . zimmerbiomet.com . zimmer biomet zimmer acquires normed medizin technik gmbh . zimmerbiomet.com . zimmer biomet zimmer acquires knee creations llc s business . zimmerbiomet.com . zimmer biomet zimmer acquires etex holdings inc. . zimmerbiomet.com . a b c d e f g biomet uk history of biomet a heritage of excellence . biomet.co.uk . zimmer biomet zimmer completes combination with biomet . zimmerbiomet.com . zimmer biomet leadership team . external links edit official website zimmer institute interactive 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