Sotera Health is a global provider of mission-critical sterilization solutions, laboratory testing and advisory services to the healthcare industry. The company operates through three businesses: Sterigenics, which provides sterilization services using gamma irradiation, ethylene oxide processing, electron beam irradiation, nitrogen dioxide sterilization and x-ray irradiation; Nordion, which supplies medical gamma technologies and Cobalt-60 products for the prevention and treatment of disease and infection; and Nelson Labs, a laboratory testing subsidiary offering approximately 900 laboratory tests.
The work is safety-critical in character. Sotera Health's operations support the sterilization and testing regimes on which medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers depend, and the company describes its focus as the safety of patients and healthcare practitioners. Across its businesses it reports nearly 200 years of combined tenure, with industry-recognized scientific and technological expertise in areas including Cobalt-60 medical gamma technologies, healthcare safety science and advisory services.
The company runs 64 facilities worldwide and serves more than 5,800 customers in over 50 countries, including more than 40 of the top 50 medical device companies and 9 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. Nelson Labs operates 12 facilities across the United States, Europe, Asia and Mexico, while Nordion supplies products to over 40 countries. The industry verticals served include healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, sterilization services, laboratory testing and life sciences.
