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History

1954 Globe Tool and Manufacturing Inc. founded in Minneapolis, MN
1962   Mr. Wilson Greatbatch patented implantable pacemaker in Buffalo, NY
1962 Hittman Materials & Medical Components Inc. founded in Columbia, MD
1970 Wilson Greatbatch Ltd. founded in Clarence, NY
1972 First Lithium Iodine pacemaker battery implanted
1975 First metal-ceramic feedthrough implanted
1987 First Lithium SVO ICD battery implanted
1997 Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc. created
1998 Hittman Materials & Medical Components Inc. acquired by WGT
1999    First Wet Tantalum capacitor implanted
2000 IPO of WGT on NYSE
2001 Sierra-KD acquired by WGT
2002 Globe Tool and Manufacturing Inc. acquired by WGT
2004 NanoGram Devices Corporation acquired by WGT
2005 WGT becomes Greatbatch, Inc.
2005 Opened two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Alden, NY and Tijuana, MX
2005 First QHR high-rate battery implanted
2006 First QMR medium-rate battery qualified
2007 Greatbatch acquires BIOMEC Inc., Enpath Medical, Inc., Intellisensing LLC, Quan Emerteq  LLC and Engineered Assemblies Corporation (EAC)
2008 Precimed, S.A. acquired by Greatbatch