ConvaTec
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ConvaTec is a developer and marketer of medical devices with four business units – Ostomy Care, Wound Therapeutics, Continence and Critical Care and Infusion Devices. The company has more than 7,000 employees in over 90 countries. In August 2008, ConvaTec, with backing from two private equity firms, Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners, created an independent enterprise.
The name ConvaTec comes from Convalescent Technology.
In LinkedIn there is a closed group (members-only) dedicated to past and present employees of ConvaTec.
History:
- 1978 – ConvaTec was created as a division of E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
- 2008 – ConvaTec was acquired by Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners
- 2008 – ConvaTec acquired Unomedical
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