This company will be sold and all these reps that didn't see the hand writing on the wall and make the jump into bigger and better device jobs will be left holding the bag.
The door is wide open to kls snd Stryker to steal Synthes CMF business. A lot was handed over to Synthes trauma reps and docs are steaming at the lack of service they get and sick of being ignored by trauma reps being in trauma cases all day every day
No one will buy KLS. In case you haven't noticed, German companies are rarely targeted for takeover. They produce nice quality but are productivity laggards and always will be. It's a cultural thing. The goal of the game is to grow profits and that ain't happening here. Besides, KLS portfolio is tired. Final grade: D