People around the world benefit from the products and services we supply for health care and industrial applications. The company provides most of the world's supply of radioisotopes used in nuclear medicine primarily to diagnose, but also to treat illness. To help prevent the spread of disease, MDS Nordion designs, installs and supplies cobalt 60 irradiation systems to sterilize medical supplies, consumer products, and to destroy bacteria that cause food borne illness.

The company is a subsidiary of MDS Inc., a major international health and life sciences company with headquarters in Toronto.