Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA



 


History

A brief history of the company


Opening of the Hirsch Pharmacy
Founding of the company
Production in Bad Homburg
Unexpected death of founder Eduard Fresenius
Else Kröner takes over responsibility for Fresenius
Expansion of solution products range
Dialysis machines
St. Wendel plant
Schweinfurt plant
Joint stock company
Polysulfone fibre membrane
Stock market flotation
Sales exceed one billion marks
Founding of Fresenius Medical Care
Friedberg plant
Founding of Fresenius Kabi / Head Office in Bad Homburg
Business segments Fresenius Kabi and Fresenius ProServe / Fresenius Medical Care debuts on the DAX
Wittgensteiner Kliniken acquired
Production reaches milestone of 50 million dialyzers a year
Fresenius acquires HELIOS, one of the top three private hospital operators in Germany
Fresenius Medical Care takes over Renal Care Group
Fresenius becomes a European Company (SE)
Fresenius Kabi acquires Dabur Pharma and APP Pharmaceuticals
Fresenius SE joins the DAX
Share conversion and change of legal form