Laerdal

Laerdal is a major manufacturer of medical equipment and medical training products based in Stavanger, Norway. Established in 1940 as a print shop, it soon began manufacturing popular rubber toys under the name Tomte Laerdal - the company's best-known product in the 1960s. Parallel to this was the manufacture of medical training models and devices - the company's mainstay today. Laerdal's best-known product today is a training manikin popularly named 'CPR Annie'.