Founded in 1898 by Charles and Theophil Gebauer, Gebauer Company (originally Gebauer Chemical Company) has a history of honesty, integrity and premium quality products to help healthcare professionals improve the patient experience. Their family-owned business’s mission: “With HONESTY and INTEGRITY, we shall provide effective products to improve our customers’ quality of life while responsibly promoting profit, stability, and growth for our business, employees, shareholders, and our community.”

The Gebauer Company is an internationally recognized medical device manufacturer dedicated to providing Patient Comfort Solutions™ to the healthcare industry through the development and production of affordable, easy-to-use medical devices. The Gebauer Company core products include Gebauer’s Ethyl Chloride®, Gebauer’s Pain Ease®, Gebauer’s Spray and Stretch®, Gebauer’s Instant Ice®, and Cryo Professional. The Gebauer Company has a 58,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Cleveland, Ohio with GMP compliant manufacturing, environmentally controlled warehousing, and laboratory capabilities. 

Dr. Andrew Ditto, Director of R&D and Chief Research Scientist at Gebauer Company and alumnus of the University of Akron, will give a presentation ahead of this year’s keynote address. 

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Akron thanks Gebauer Company for their generous sponsorship of BME Research Day 2025!