Reflections on the Journey to be Customer-Oriented and Solutions-Led

摘要

Becton Dickinson (BD) bore the name of the two traveling salesmen who founded the company in 1897 as a distributor of medical devices. In 1907, the company began making its own products at a manufacturing facility in New Jersey. In its first decades, BD focused on devices for the primary care market with products such as reusable syringes, thermometers, and stethoscopes and expanded operations to Canada, Europe, and Latin America. The company went public in 1962 and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.