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MEDIA FEATURE: Applied Medical is a "Top Workplace"

December - Applied Medical is recognized as one of the top workplaces in Orange County by the Orange County Register. Learn more about Applied's culture and its team members.

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FINANCIAL REPORT FEATURE: Applied Medical is City's Largest Employer

June – Applied Medical is named Rancho Santa Margarita’s largest employer in the city’s 2009 Comprehensive Financial Report.

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MEDIA FEATURE: Down to the Wire

September – At the present time, 90% of the company’s metal device components are produced in-house. While many other medical device companies look to outsource their manufacturing to the lowest overseas bidder, Applied takes pride in its American-made products.

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MEDIA FEATURE: Endless Evolution in Medical Wares

March – Most companies start with a product or a service. Applied Medical Resources Corp. started with a belief. If computers and telephones could be continuously improved and sold for less, why couldn’t medical products? “Our belief is you can apply effective R&D to improve medical care and make it more affordable,” says Said Hilal, founder and CEO of Applied Medical. “Innovation isn’t the source of high costs. Innovation solves problems.”

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TESTIMONY TO U.S. SENATE: Applied Medical Asks Lawmakers to Reform Laws to Benefit Patients and Healthcare

February – Said Hilal, CEO of Applied Medical, speaks at the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging to urge lawmakers to push forward with efforts to draft and enact legislation that permanently reforms unethical “quid pro quo” behavior and restores grants and research funds to their proper and constructive role in the process. Hilal notes that enacting legislation and enforcing existing laws will help benefit patients, hospitals and healthcare, and improve clinical outcomes, plus allow continued competitiveness of innovative U.S. manufacturers in world markets.

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MEDIA FEATURE: Device Maker Adds Workers; $100M in Sales

October – The company [Applied Medical], which has more than 760 local workers, has seen its overall work force grow to nearly 1,000, up 30% from a year ago. Applied Medical’s added more than 150 workers locally in the past year. “The ability to find talented people is not a problem,” [Said] Hilal said. “We would like to think that we have a disproportionate number of exceptional people who not only want to innovate, but at the same time make a difference.”

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JOINT HEARINGS IN WASHINGTON: Applied Medical Speaks Out About the Medical Device Industry’s “Closed Market”

September – Said Hilal, CEO of Applied Medical, speaks at joint hearings with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Division on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy about bringing a free market to the medical device industry. Hilal discusses the need to break the “bundle” – a practice used by other medical device manufacturers to prohibit competitive products from entering the market. He notes the importance of manufacturers being able to provide high quality, value-priced, innovative products for better clinical and cost outcomes.

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MEDIA FEATURE: Healthy Growth

June – Because of the company’s commitment to development, there is always a new product entering production. In a recent Inc. magazine article, Applied was named one of the top 50 most innovative private companies in the United States, possibly because one out of every $5 of revenue is devoted to R&D.

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MEDIA FEATURE: What You Learn on the Other Side

November – … After a sale, representatives make follow-up calls at least every quarter. Applied Medical uses the conversations to help with new-product development. "We ask our customers what they want to see in our future products – what problems they have that we can help resolve," says [Said] Hilal. "We consistently remind ourselves to listen to what the customer needs, not what we need."

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MEDIA FEATURE: The Innovation Factor: Time Travelers

August – Innovative companies encourage employees to look to the future for ideas. Yet those ideas must produce plans that can go into development today. How do such businesses maintain their head-in-the-clouds-feet-on-the-ground equilibrium? Said Hilal, CEO of Applied Medical Resources, manages by subjecting futuristic visioning to business-school rigor.

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