For Casco, it's an even split between their product health line - C-matt products generate about half their revenue and the rest will come from other products outside of health care.

The company, founded in 1959, is an FDA registered Medical Device Manufacturer. However, its 56,000 square foot manufacturing facility has become a center where engineers develop, manufacture and distribute products largely outside of the medical field - and many of which could keep its customers out of their hospital beds. Horse riding enthusiasts may be surprised to learn equestrian body protectors can be purchased through a call to the company hotline. And barbeque lovers may salivate at the thought the stretcher-maker also manufactures grill covers. In fact, the grill covers are so popular, the product landed the company first place in the Zestfest 2004 People's Preference Award. And when the summer barbeque season has cooled down, the company has another solution for fire-lovers. It also hawks log carriers and rack covers to ease the transport of wood and keep logs dry year-round. These innovations bring in revenue along with some other diverging offers, from task chairs to outdoor furniture covers, computer bags to pool table covers, to beanbag chairs and even exercise equipment upholstery.


Hearing Aids and Bluetooth

Operating from Sofia, Bulgaria, Saturn Engineering, Ltd. boasts medical innovations in laboratory and dental products. Other medical innovations include drug nebulizers, dose counters, respiratory ventilators, medication warmers and hearing aid devices. Founded in 1998 as a full-service engineering design, product development and contract manufacturing company, Saturn has fast become a leading provider of industrial medical products in consumer and commercial markets. The company, FDA-registered in 2004, earned accolades and global recognition with the development of the Induction Cap Sealing System - an airtight method of sealing plastic and glass containers. The system won the Bulgarian Innovative Enterprise Award in 2006. And just last February, the company was awarded the same prize for its Warming Cradle, developed for Pennsylvania-based biotechnology experts at Discovery Labs.

Not unlike Casco, Saturn provides a diverse array of products, many of which directly target consumers. In the wireless communications industry, the company has developed Bluetooth technology and made advancements in wireless data transmission. Electronic engineers have also designed and developed digital and microprocessor circuits, DC and AC amplifiers and micro-processors, high-frequency power inverters, battery chargers and current sources, among other products. In addition, the company specializes in firmware and software development.

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