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Steris Plc

A maker of sterilization and infection-prevention products and services, STERIS supplies hospitals, medical device makers, and pharmaceutical plants with sterilizers, cleaning chemistries, and contract sterilization. It was founded in 1985 in Mentor, Ohio, as Innovative Medical Technologies by microbiologist Raymond Kralovic, who invented a low-temperature liquid sterilization process for delicate instruments like endoscopes that couldn't survive steam. Renamed STERIS in 1987 — a nod to "sterile" — its brands include V-PRO sterilizers and VAPROX HC sterilant.