manufacturing founded 1988 ; 28 years ago 1988 headquarters hillsboro oregon usa 45 33 49 n 122 53 51 w 45.5635 n 122.8974 w 45.5635 ; 122.8974 coordinates 45 33 49 n 122 53 51 w 45.5635 n 122.8974 w 45.5635 ; 122.8974 products medical devices orthopaedic implants number of employees 475 2014 website www.acumed.net acumed llc is a privately owned medical device manufacturer based in hillsboro oregon in the portland metropolitan area of the united states . founded in 1988 the company employs nearly 500 people domestically and internationally who design manufacture and market orthopedic implants and surgical devices . the company is a subsidiary of colson associates a spin off of the marmon group a berkshire hathaway company . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit randall and mary huebner started accurate machine and design in 1988 in new jersey . 1 then in 1990 the couple moved the company west to the state of oregon . 1 after being renamed as acumed the company was later one of four nominees from oregon for the national blue chip enterprises 1996 award for small business who had faced and overcome challenges . 2 in 1999 acumed was sold to the marmon group . 3 by april 2001 the company was based in beaverton oregon and employed 90 people at a 22 000 square foot 2 000 m2 facility after adding 30 people to the payroll in a years time . 4 that month the company purchased 8.2 acres 3.3 ha in hillsboro off cornelius pass road and jacobson road for 2.3 million in order to continue expansion . 4 in 2001 the portland business journal ranked acumed as the ninth largest bioscience and medical technology company in oregon based on the number of employees . 5 the next year the marmon group split off acumed and its other medical companies into colson associates headed by robert pritzker . 6 acumed headquarters acumed partnered with oregon health sciences university to fund start up acute innovations in 2006 to refine thoracic surgical procedures . 7 acute operated out of acumed s hillsboro facilities . 7 due to sales growth largely on the international side the company hired an additional 45 people in 2006 bringing total employment at the company to 195 . 8 alan kozlowski was the president of the company at that time . 8 acumed s plant suffered a small fire in may 2007 when a titanium lathe caught fire which only damaged the 350 000 machine . 9 a jury found that stryker corporation willfully infringed on acumed s patent on a shoulder fracture treatment in a september 2005 verdict . 10 after a mostly unsuccessful appeal by stryker to the federal circuit judge anna j. brown of the federal district court in portland issued a permanent injunction in december 2007 that prevented stryker from selling its humeral nail . 10 11 the federal circuit court then affirmed the permanent injunction a year later . 12 13 the company s facility on brookwood parkway in hillsboro oregon in 2007 machinists at the company built a custom motorcycle that the company approved of as a marketing tool . 1 costing 20 000 to build the blue colored motorcycle featured the company s logo and products but was not street legal . 1 the bike s unique features included titanium humeral stems sold by acumed and used on the motorcycle as the clutch lever and hand brake . 1 as of october 2004 acumed employed 130 people at its facilities in oregon which totaled 55 000 square feet 5 100 m2 in space . 14 that year the company announced plans to expand by adding 37 000 square feet 3 400 m2 to their existing facility in hillsboro and hire an additional 140 employees over five years . 14 the expansion was estimated to cost nearly 23 million with 200 000 coming from the state of oregon s strategic reserve fund in the form of working training . 14 in november 2009 the company purchased a 52 807 square foot 4 905.9 m2 building and 9 acres 3.6 ha of land located along brookwood parkway in hillsboro for 4.9 million . 15 the building had been used by hansen architectural systems inc. with acumed purchasing the building for a planned expansion of their business while keeping their headquarters off cornelius pass road . 15 in june of the following year the company moved most of its employees to the new building leaving their headquarters on cornelius pass road and turning much of that campus into a training facility . 16 at that time acumed employed 295 people and sold products in 30 countries . 16 alan kozlowski stepped down as company president in 2008 and was replaced by david jensen . 17 jensen left the company in july 2013 . 17 acumed appointed robert johnson as president in september 2013 . 18 products edit acumed designs and builds orthopedic medical devices that are implanted into patients as well as surgical devices . 1 4 5 implant products are used for reconstruction and repair from trauma injuries . 1 these include screws and plates that attach to feet ankles fingers arms and shoulders . 1 4 14 the products are manufactured at acumed s hillsboro facility . 16 see also edit list of companies based in oregon references edit a b c d e f g h prince seth ; john foyston october 6 2007 . bionic bike . the oregonian . nelton sharon march 1996 . deciding to succeed . nation s business . u.s. chamber of commerce . 84 3 38 . member success story randall huebner executive vice president acumed llc pdf . orthoknow . orthoworld inc. april 2010 . a b c d brenneman kristina april 27 2001 . commercial real estate acumed buys hillsboro site . portland business journal . a b top 25 bioscience and medical technology companies . portland business journal . 18 51 . december 2001 . p. 102 . turitto vince t. 2007 . who is robert pritzker . bmes bulletin . landover md biomedical engineering society . 31 4 9 . a b moody robin j. november 3 2006 . ohsu turns out a smaller batch of bioscience startups . portland business journal . a b moody robin j. december 22 2006 . diverse medical cluster . portland business journal . friesen sarah may 15 2007 . fire damages machinery at acumed in hillsboro . the oregonian . a b acumed wins fight against stryker corp. . portland business journal . december 12 2007 . acumed llc v. stryker corporation 483 f. 3d 800 fed . cir . 2007 . united states court of appeals for the federal circuit . april 12 2007 . acumed llc v. stryker corp. 551 f. 3d 1323 fed . cir . 2008 . alderson jr. robert e. ; paul dennis connuck april 1 2009 . acumed v. stryker . injunctions in patent infringement actions . the intellectual property strategist . incisive media . a b c d acumed to expand in hillsboro . portland business journal . october 11 2004 . a b culverwell wendy november 6 2009 . real estate roundup acumed buys former hansen building for 4.94 m . portland business journal . a b c fuller kathy june 22 2010 . acumed expands to second building . the hillsboro argus . a b thompson dennis july 24 2013 . president other top execs out at acumed . portland business journal . retrieved 25 july 2013 . zoning in with robert johnson . bonezone . march 7 2014 . retrieved 7 march 2014 . external links edit orthopedic news roundup 22 sept 05 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title acumed & oldid 742917766 categories companies based in hillsboro oregonprivately held companies based in oregonmanufacturing companies established in 1988health care companies of the united states1988 establishments in oregonhidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages 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