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Do not fill this in! === Manufacturing === [[Stryker Corporation]] is Kalamazoo-based and makes medical equipment.<ref>{{cite news |agency = Associated Press |title = Kalamazoo-based Stryker to buy California surgical business |url = http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140102/NEWS01/140109994/kalamazoo-based-stryker-to-buy-california-surgical-business |newspaper = Crain's Detroit Business |date = January 2, 2014 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180428180730/http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140102/NEWS01/140109994/kalamazoo-based-stryker-to-buy-california-surgical-business |archive-date = April 28, 2018 }}</ref> Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet designs and manufactures outdoor kitchen equipment.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2012/07/kalamazoo_outdoor_gourmet_name.html |title = Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet |date = July 28, 2012 |access-date = February 1, 2013 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130524180958/http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2012/07/kalamazoo_outdoor_gourmet_name.html |archive-date = May 24, 2013 }}</ref> [[Fabri-Kal]], a supplier of food service and other containers produced from [[Thermoforming|thermoform]] [[plastic]] or plant-based materials (Greenware product line), has operated corporate headquarters in Kalamazoo since the 1960s.<ref name="plastics">{{cite news |last = Bregar |first = Bill |date = April 11, 2012 |title = Kittredge's Fabri-Kal more than family biz |url = http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20120411/NEWS/304119929/kittredges-fabri-kal-more-than-family-biz |newspaper = Plastics News |access-date = May 25, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150512141023/http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20120411/NEWS/304119929/kittredges-fabri-kal-more-than-family-biz |archive-date = May 12, 2015 }}</ref> The company closed the Kalamazoo-based manufacturing facilities in 1991, but returned and expanded manufacturing capacity in 2008 with the opening of a [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]]-certified {{convert|400,000|sqfoot|sqm}} facility.<ref name = "plastics" /> In recent years, the company's product lines have introduced [[Sustainable packaging|sustainable]] and plant-based materials,<ref>{{cite news |last = Lauzon |first = Michael |date = March 20, 2015 |title = Fabri-Kal to expand its susatinable packaging with new Idaho plant |url = http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20150320/NEWS/150329990/fabri-kal-to-expand-its-sustainable-packaging-with-new-idaho-plant |newspaper = Plastics News |access-date = May 25, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150526024241/http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20150320/NEWS/150329990/fabri-kal-to-expand-its-sustainable-packaging-with-new-idaho-plant |archive-date = May 26, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Jones |first = Al |date = October 17, 2010 |title = Food industry packaging supplier, turning 60 this week, is growing in Michigan |url = http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/10/food_industry_packaging_suppli.html |newspaper = MLive.com |publisher = Booth Newspapers |access-date = May 25, 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151016091141/http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/10/food_industry_packaging_suppli.html |archive-date = October 16, 2015 }}</ref> and innovations to reduce the plastic content of consumer and other packaging.<ref>{{cite news |last = Bregar |first = Bill |date = July 16, 2014 |title = Fabri-Kal introduces new HDPE packaging for mushrooms |url = http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20140716/NEWS/140719943/fabri-kal-introduces-new-hdpe-packaging-for-mushrooms |newspaper = Plastics News |access-date = May 25, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150525184901/http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20140716/NEWS/140719943/fabri-kal-introduces-new-hdpe-packaging-for-mushrooms |archive-date = May 25, 2015 }}</ref> Parker Hannifin Aerospace's Hydraulic Systems Division (HSD) is located at 2220 Palmer Ave in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The 170,000-square foot facility designs, manufactures, and services hydraulic components for both military and commercial aerospace sectors. It produces hydraulic axial piston pumps and motors, electric motor-driven pumps, hydraulic power transfer/supply units, electrohydraulic power modules, hydraulic thrust-reverser & landing gear actuators, accumulators, reservoirs, filter modules and valve packs.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/04/state_of_michigan_awards_parke.html |title = State of Michigan awards Parker Hannifin tax break for $15.5 million investment in its Kalamazoo plant |newspaper = MLive.com |publisher = Booth Newspapers |language = en-US |access-date = January 30, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904202212/http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/04/state_of_michigan_awards_parke.html |archive-date = September 4, 2017 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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