Steris plc (S1TE34)

Overview

STERIS plc operates on a global scale, providing a wide array of infection prevention products and services. Established in 1985 with its base in Dublin, Ireland, the company’s offerings are broad and diversified, reaching various sectors such as healthcare, life sciences, dental practices, and applied sterilization technologies for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. The division of its operations into four main segments—Healthcare, Applied Sterilization Technologies, Life Sciences, and Dental—enables STERIS to cater to specific market needs, ensuring high standards of cleanliness and sterility that are fundamental in medical and laboratory environments.

Products and Services

STERIS provides a comprehensive range of products and services tailored to support infection prevention protocols across different industries. These offerings include:

• Healthcare Products and Services:

  This segment includes a range of products and services designed for sterile processing departments and operating rooms, such as cleaning chemistries, sterility assurance products, automated endoscope reprocessing systems, endoscopy accessories, washers, sterilizers, surgical tables, lights, and connectivity solutions. Additionally, STERIS offers capital equipment management services, which encompass installation, maintenance, upgrading, repair, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance programs, repair services, instrument and endoscope repair, maintenance services, and consulting for process improvement along with outsourced instrument sterile processing services.

• Applied Sterilization Technologies:

  Providing contract sterilization and testing services for medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, this segment operates through a network of approximately 50 contract sterilization and laboratory facilities worldwide. These services are crucial for ensuring the safety and efficacy of medical products before they reach the market.

• Life Sciences:

  Targeting the life sciences industry, this segment focuses on consumable products like formulated cleaning chemistries, barrier and sterility assurance products, steam and vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilizers, and washer disinfectors. Equipment-related services such as installation, maintenance, upgrading, repair, and troubleshooting are also provided, along with preventive maintenance programs and repair services. This segment supports the critical cleaning and sterilization needs of laboratories and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.

• Dental:

  STERIS offers a variety of products and services specifically designed for dental practices, including hand and electric-powered dental instruments, infection control products, personal protective equipment, conscious sedation products, and water quality solutions for the dental suite. These offerings ensure dental practices can maintain the highest standards of hygiene and patient care.