Fresenius Medical Care
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| Type | Public (FWB: FME, NYSE: FMS) |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Bad Homburg, Germany |
| Key people | Ben Lipps (CEO and Chairman of the executive board), Gerd Krick (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
| Industry | Health care |
| Products | Kidney dialysis products |
| Revenue | US $10.61 billion (2008)[1] |
| Operating income | ▲ US $1.672 billion (2008)[1] |
| Profit | ▲ US $818 million (2008)[1] |
| Employees | 64,670 (2008)[1] |
| Website | www.fmc-ag.com |
Fresenius Medical Care is a German company specializing in the production of medical supplies, primarily to facilitate or aid renal dialysis. It is 36%-owned by the health care company Fresenius SE.[2] The company was formed in 1996 from the merger of Fresenius Worldwide Dialysis, then a division of Fresenius SE, and American company National Medical Care. This sector is very complex, and has many different divisions, each with a number of plants.
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[edit] Manufacturing
These plants, which fall under the concentration division, manufacture the finished products from raw materials, such as sodium chloride, dextrose, and magnesium, to name a few. These all go through a complex mixing process, and then through a complex packaging process. Most of it is automated, with humans only at monitors.
[edit] Distribution
Distribution is where the finished product, from Manufacturing, comes in on Semi-Trucks to be distributed to dialysis clinics and hospitals. These products are then used in the dialysis process.
On 30 October 2006, the manufacturing facility (Fresenius Hemocare) in Redmond, Washington was shut down.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Annual Results 2008". Fresenius Medical Care. http://www.fmc-ag.com/internet/fmc/fmcag/neu/fmcpub.nsf/Content/2009_02_19_ir. Retrieved on 2009-03-06.
- ^ Fresenius Medical Care. "Shareholder structure". http://www.fmc-ag.com/internet/fmc/fmcag/neu/fmcpub.nsf/Content/Shareholder_Structure. Retrieved on 2007-08-12.
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