1. U.S. Disinfection and Sterilization Product Markets New Growth Potential in Alternate Care Sites “Surgery centers are expected to grow in response to expanding minimally- invasive procedures. Industry watchers expect the number of freestanding outpatient surgery centers to increase by three percent annually through 2006." Medical Device Analyst Team Frost & Sullivan

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5. 3M Advanced Sterilization Products AESCULAP, Inc. Allegiance Healthcare Corp. American Autoclave Co. Andersen Products, Inc. Avenatech, Inc. Biomedical Development Corp. Busse Hospital Disposables Co. Cantel Medical Corp. Carr Metal Products Case Medical, Inc. Consolidated Still & Sterilizers Custom Ultrasonics Cottrel Ltd. D.A. Kadan Company, Inc. Dexter Corp./Dexter Nonwovens Div. Environmental Techtonics Corp. Getinge/Castle, Inc. Healthmark Industries Co. Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. Key Market Participants Kimberly-Clark Corp. Lancer Medical Services, Inc. Medical Action Industries, Inc. Medline Industries, Inc. MedSci, Inc. Metrex Research Corp. Midmark Minntech Corp. MIT Instrument Reprocessing NAMSA Owen Healthcare, Inc. Paragon Medical Plastic Sterilizing Tray Corp. Poly Vac, Inc. Propper Manufacturing Co., Inc. PurePulse Technologies, Inc. Raven Biological Labs, Inc. Riley Medical, Inc. SGM Biotech Sporicidin International Sterilox Technologies, Inc.

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