Getinge AB
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| Type |
Public (OMX: GETI B) |
| Founded |
1904 |
| Headquarters |
Getinge, Sweden |
| Key people |
Carl Bennet (Chairman of the board), Johan Malmquist (President and CEO) |
| Industry |
Health care |
| Products |
Disinfectors, sterilisation equipment, hospital beds, stretchers, Dopplers, bedsore prevention equipment, surgical tables, ventilators, heart-lung machines |
| Revenue |
SEK 19,272 million (2008)[1] |
| Operating income |
▲ SEK 2,877 million (2008)[1] |
| Profit |
▲ SEK 1,524 million (2008)[1] |
| Employees |
11,600 (2008)[1] |
| Divisions |
Maquet ArjoHuntleigh Getinge |
| Website |
www.getingegroup.com |
Getinge AB (OMX: GETI B) is a global medical technology company, founded in Sweden in 1904. The firm provides equipment and systems within healthcare and life sciences. The group is organised in three business areas: Infection Control (trading as Getinge), Extended Care (ArjoHuntleigh) and Medical Systems (Maquet, the world's largest maker of surgical tables).[2] In 2008 the group employed 11604 people. The firm's President and CEO is Johan Malmquist and its Chairman is Carl Bennet. Getinge's shares have been listed on the OMX Nordic List in Stockholm since 1993 and have formed part of the OMXS30 index since July 2009.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Annual Report 2008". Getinge. http://www.getingegroup.com/Global/Reports/Annual%20Reports/Annual%20Reports%202008/Getinge_2008_engelsk_web.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-07-03.
- ^ Lavelle, Etain (8 December 2006). "Getinge Agrees to Pay $802 Million for Huntleigh". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aJIgYaiNgyyU&refer=europe. Retrieved on 2009-07-03.
- ^ "Getinge tar plats i OMXS30-index" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 10 June 2009. http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/getinge-tar-plats-i-omxs30-index-1.888483. Retrieved on 2009-07-03.
- GETINGE, "Getinge 1904-2004 - the first hundred years", 2004 Almqvist & Wiksell, ISBN 91-631-6389-6
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