Midmark

Midmark is a healthcare equipment and solutions company serving medical, dental and veterinary care environments. Its stated focus is designing clinical care experiences by bringing together space, technology and clinical workflow. The company describes its offering as an ecosystem of products and solutions intended to support care environments and improve the experience between patients and caregivers. Midmark traces its origins to 1915, when it was founded in Minster, Ohio, as the Cummings Machine Company. The business initially manufactured concrete mixers. It later expanded into other manufacturing work, including gasoline-powered locomotives, before entering the medical market in the 1960s. The company’s official history describes its development from a manufacturing business into a provider of solutions for medical, dental and veterinary care environments. The current website presents Midmark across medical, dental and veterinary categories, as well as real-time locating systems and self-service. The company’s stated design philosophy emphasizes the purpose of a care space, the people working in it, workflow and the experience of patients, including both human and animal patients. Its corporate responsibility statements also describe donations of medical, dental and veterinary equipment and efforts to consider health and environmental impacts across product design and product lifecycles. The supplied sources do not establish its current headquarters, ownership, executives or geographic markets.

Midmark’s official history begins in 1915, when Cummings Machine Company was founded in Minster, Ohio. The company initially manufactured concrete mixers using patents held by its then-president, E. C. Cummings. In 1920, it acquired Reeves Pulley Company and began manufacturing gasoline-powered locomotives. In 1921, John W. Eiting joined the board of directors, and the business began undertaking contract fabrication work. Four years later, John W. Eiting became president of the company, then known as Industrial Equipment Company. The company’s move toward healthcare took place in the 1960s. Under Carl F. Eiting, the business reached its 50th year amid plant and office expansion and revenues exceeding one million dollars, according to the company history. James A. Eiting identified vulnerabilities in the contract-driven business model and proposed focusing the company’s manufacturing resources on a specific market. Industrial Equipment Company purchased four products with blueprints from the recently bankrupt American Metal Furniture Company, beginning its entry into the medical market. The company then adopted the name IE Industries. In January 1969, James A. Eiting replaced his father as president, and the company moved to Versailles, as stated in the official history page. The supplied excerpt does not detail later dates or the circumstances by which the company adopted the Midmark name. The present-day company describes itself as a provider of solutions for medical, dental and veterinary care environments, designing an ecosystem of products and solutions intended to bring space, technology and clinical workflow together. Its current homepage also identifies real-time locating systems and self-service among its areas. Midmark’s corporate responsibility page describes equipment donations and product-design efforts that consider patient, provider and staff health and product lifecycle impacts.

• 1969

  Leadership transition and move to Versailles

• 1960

  Entry into the medical market

• 1925

  John W. Eiting became president

• 1921

  John W. Eiting joined the board

• 1920

  Acquired Reeves Pulley Company

• 1915

  Cummings Machine Company founded

A design-focused provider of products and solutions for medical, dental and veterinary care environments, with an emphasis on harmonizing space, technology and clinical workflow.

• Medical care environment solutions

  Products and solutions for medical care environments.

• Dental care environment solutions

  Products and solutions for dental care environments.

• Veterinary care environment solutions

  Products and solutions for veterinary care environments.

• Real-Time Locating System

  Listed as an offering area on the company homepage.

• Self Service

  Listed as an offering area on the company homepage.

• 2020

  SPIS files patent infringement complaint against Midmark

  Social Positioning Input Systems, LLC filed a complaint against Midmark Corporation alleging infringement of a patent covering aspects of GPS technology. The complaint sought damages and injunctive relief; the allegations are claims in the complaint.

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• Shift from contract-driven manufacturing toward a defined marketOther

• Design products with health and lifecycle impacts in mindOther

• 2020.10.07

  Reported2020.10.09

  SPIS files patent infringement complaint against Midmark[5]SPIS files patent infringement complaint against Midmarklawstreetmedia.com

  Social Positioning Input Systems, LLC filed a complaint against Midmark Corporation alleging infringement of a patent covering aspects of GPS technology. The complaint sought damages and injunctive relief; the allegations are claims in the complaint.

• 2020.02.27

  Midmark and Direct Relief partner on medical equipment shipment to Puerto Rico[6]Midmark与Direct Relief合作向波多黎各运送医疗设备medindia.net

  Midmark announced a partnership with Direct Relief to ship medical equipment for a healthcare clinic in Puerto Rico.

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1. 1Midmark Medical, Dental, Veterinary Equipment Manufacturer & Suppliermidmark.com
2. 2Our History + Culture | Midmarkmidmark.com
3. 3Corporate Responsibility - Midmarkmidmark.com
4. 4About Us | Midmarkmidmark.com
5. 5SPIS files patent infringement complaint against Midmarklawstreetmedia.com
6. 6Midmark与Direct Relief合作向波多黎各运送医疗设备medindia.net