Fresenius (company)

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
Type Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien with Societas Europaea as partner with unlimited liability (FWBFRE)
Industry Health care
Founded 1912
Headquarters Bad Homburg, Germany
Key people Ulf M. Schneider (CEO and chairman of the management board), Gerd Krick (Chairman of the supervisory board)
Products Kidney dialysis, infusion pumps, drugs, hospitals, medical care
Revenue 15.97 billion (2010)[1]
Operating income €2.418 billion (2010)[1]
Profit €622 million (2010)[1]
Total assets €23.58 billion (end 2010)[1]
Total equity €8.844 billion (end 2010)[1]
Employees 137,552 (end 2010)[1]
Website www.fresenius.se

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA is a globally diversified health care company based in Bad Homburg, Germany.

The Fresenius Group provides products and services for dialysis, hospitals as well as inpatient and outpatient medical care. In addition, the company focuses on hospital management as well as on engineering and services for medical centers and other health care facilities.

Fresenius consists of four business segments, Fresenius Medical Care (a publicly traded company of which Fresenius owns 36%), Fresenius Helios, Fresenius Kabi and Fresenius Vamed. With activities spanning about 100 countries on six continents, its worldwide operations provide jobs for over 137,000 employees.

Fresenius owns the Helios Kliniken with over 60 hospitals and more than 18,500 beds, treating over 2 million patients annually. The hospital operator is one of the biggest providers of inpatient and outpatient care in Germany.

The North American branch of Fresenius Medical Care is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

On July 16, 2007, the company completed its conversion from an Aktiengesellschaft (AG - German public limited company) to a Societas Europaea, the European Union-wide equivalent.[2] The company changed its legal status once again on January 28, 2011, becoming a Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (KGaA - German partnership limited by shares) with a Societas Europaea as a partner with unlimited liability (SE & Co. KGaA).[3]

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