Mathys medical is a Swiss family business with headquarters in Bettlach, Switzerland. The company develops, produces and distributes implants for artificial joint replacement in the areas of hip, knee and shoulder as well as biomaterials for surgical treatment of bone defects (bone grafting). Mathys employs over 520 workers, 195 of them in its eleven subsidiaries Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1958.