Fresenius Medical Care
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| Type | Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien with Aktiengesellschaft as partner with unlimited liability |
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| Traded as | FWB: FME, NYSE: FMS |
| Industry | Health care |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Bad Homburg, Germany |
| Key people | Ben Lipps (CEO and Chairman of the executive board), Gerd Krick (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
| Products | Kidney dialysis products |
| Revenue | US $12.05 billion (2010)[1] |
| Operating income | US $1.924 billion (2010)[1] |
| Profit | US $978.5 million (2010)[1] |
| Total assets | US $17.10 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Total equity | US $7.524 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Employees | 73,450 (FTE, end 2010)[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.[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.[citation needed]
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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.
[edit] Distribution
Distribution is where the finished product, from Manufacturing, comes in on Semi-Trucks to be distributed to dialysis clinics, hospitals, and home dialysis patients. These products are then used in the dialysis process.
On 30 October 2006, the manufacturing facility (Fresenius Hemocare) in Redmond, Washington was shut down. Fresenius Hemocare has stopped going by the name Fresenius Hemocare and now goes by the name Fresenius-Kabi LLC. The closing of one of two entities inside of Hemocare allowed for the name change and takes Hemocare from the Medical Care group to the Kabi group.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f "Annual Results 2010". Fresenius Medical Care. http://www.fmc-ag.com/files/FME_IN_110223.pdf. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ Fresenius Medical Care. "Shareholder structure". http://www.fmc-ag.com/internet/fmc/fmcag/neu/fmcpub.nsf/Content/Shareholder_Structure. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
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