A.C Cossor & Son (Surgical) Ltd.

The Company was established in 1859 by Alfred Charles Cossor followinga period of apprenticeship by the founder as a glass blower. Having gaineda high reputation for his skills and the quality of his products, the founder was joined by his son Alfred Charles in 1875, and then by his younger son Frank in 1885. In 1917 the company moved to Vale Road, London N4, under the guidance of Frank Cossor, the founder's elder son having left the family business to become the founder of A C Cossor Ltd. , the wireless, television and Xray tube manufacturer. In 1904 the first sphygmomanometer was manufactured by the company, using the glass blowing skills to produce the glass manometer. In 1921 Frank Cossor was joined by his son Frank Gordon Cossor, and the company expanded its products to include all types of thermometers, hydrometers and syringes. Sphygmomanometers became the main product of the company, with Adrian Cossor joining the company in 1966, the fourth generation to do so. The current range of ACCOSON sphygmomanometers enjoy an excellent reputation for their quality and ease of use. A full range of models is available with accessories and spare parts backing up the original equipment. The products are manufactured to the accuracy requirements of the current European Standard EN1060-1. The company is a registered Quality Assured firm under ISO 13485: 2012 and currently working towards ISO 13485: 2016 standard recertification. More than half of the company's production is sold to the export market, consisting of over seventy countries throughout the world. In 2018, the company became part of the HCE Group and manufacturing and distribution moved to the new I3 Innovation Campus in Irvine, Scotland, where all future devices will come from. 2018 was also the year we completely ceased production of the classic Mercury filled devices, to come in line with new regulations and environmental concerns.
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Keywords: hospital & health care