Hollister Inc
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Hollister Incorporated is a medical supplies company founded in Chicago
, Illinois
, United States
by John Dickinson Schneider in 1921 and now headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois since 1981.
Great-nephew Edward Maurice Hollister, Jr.,(born 1921) said that Schneider was an employee of printer Franklin Cornelius Hollister(born in Omro, Wisconsin, in 1863) and his wife Jessie. They used a couple of apartments to print birth certificates for hospitals. They had no children. After Franklin died, Jessie sold the business to Schneider.
Franklin was among a family of printers with his brother William Cornelius Hollister(born in 1861), nephew Joseph Cornelius Hollister(born in 1892), and great-nephew Donald Roland Launius(born 1932). At one point companies by the names of Manz Printing and Hollister Bros. included some of the family members, including nephew Edward Maurice Hollister, Sr.(born 1888).
Another descendent of the family, Will Hollister, wrote the book "Dinner in the Diner", published in 1965.
Hollister Incorporated is an employee-owned global healthcare company, particularly focused on returning dignity, independence and self-respect to those who may have undergone life-changing events; including cancer, colorectal disease and spinal-cord injury. Hollister provides solutions to health care professionals and individual patients/users in the fields of ostomy, fecal and urine incontinence and wound care products.
Hollister is well known for their Plastibell
circumcision
device.
mentions Hollister in chapter 22 of his recent work The Great War for Civilisation when narrating an incident occurred in the afghan village Hachbirgit during the American-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2002; Hachbirgit villagers were arrested, interrogated and identified via Ident-A-Band Bracelet made by Hollister prior to their definitive release. Nowadays Hollister's wristband identification product line belongs to Precision Dynamics Corporation
, as stated in Hollister's site.
Hollister Inc also has a plant operating in Ballina,Mayo Ireland, and Stuart's Draft, Virginia, United States.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, United States
United States
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by John Dickinson Schneider in 1921 and now headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois since 1981.
Great-nephew Edward Maurice Hollister, Jr.,(born 1921) said that Schneider was an employee of printer Franklin Cornelius Hollister(born in Omro, Wisconsin, in 1863) and his wife Jessie. They used a couple of apartments to print birth certificates for hospitals. They had no children. After Franklin died, Jessie sold the business to Schneider.
Franklin was among a family of printers with his brother William Cornelius Hollister(born in 1861), nephew Joseph Cornelius Hollister(born in 1892), and great-nephew Donald Roland Launius(born 1932). At one point companies by the names of Manz Printing and Hollister Bros. included some of the family members, including nephew Edward Maurice Hollister, Sr.(born 1888).
Another descendent of the family, Will Hollister, wrote the book "Dinner in the Diner", published in 1965.
Hollister Incorporated is an employee-owned global healthcare company, particularly focused on returning dignity, independence and self-respect to those who may have undergone life-changing events; including cancer, colorectal disease and spinal-cord injury. Hollister provides solutions to health care professionals and individual patients/users in the fields of ostomy, fecal and urine incontinence and wound care products.
Hollister is well known for their Plastibell
Plastibell
The Plastibell Circumcision Device is a clear plastic ring with a deep groove running circumferentially designed for circumcising infant males. The Plastibell is placed onto the head of the penis during a 10 minute surgical procedure, and the device will fall off within 3 to 7 days...
circumcision
Circumcision
Male circumcision is the surgical removal of some or all of the foreskin from the penis. The word "circumcision" comes from Latin and ....
device.
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Robert FiskRobert Fisk
Robert Fisk is an English writer and journalist from Maidstone, Kent. As Middle East correspondent of The Independent, he has primarily been based in Beirut for more than 30 years. He has published a number of books and has reported on the United States's war in Afghanistan and the same country's...
mentions Hollister in chapter 22 of his recent work The Great War for Civilisation when narrating an incident occurred in the afghan village Hachbirgit during the American-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2002; Hachbirgit villagers were arrested, interrogated and identified via Ident-A-Band Bracelet made by Hollister prior to their definitive release. Nowadays Hollister's wristband identification product line belongs to Precision Dynamics Corporation
Precision Dynamics Corporation
Precision Dynamics Corporation is a US international wristbands manufacturer headquartered in San Fernando, California. The company provides auto identification solutions for healthcare, law enforcement and leisure & entertainment markets.- History :...
, as stated in Hollister's site.
Hollister Inc also has a plant operating in Ballina,Mayo Ireland, and Stuart's Draft, Virginia, United States.