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Vital Signs, Inc.
Nasdaq: VITL
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 NEWS FROM THE STANDARD
Getting the Record Straight
Apr 03 2000 12:00 AM PDT

 PROFILE
Vital Signs won't be flatlining anytime soon. The company makes disposable medical products for use in anesthesia, critical care, and respiratory procedures. Respiratory and critical care products (about 40% of all sales) include blood pressure cuffs, humidifiers, and suction devices; Vital Signs also makes CPR mannequins for emergency medical training. Vital Signs' anesthesia products include face masks, laryngoscopes, and breathing circuits. More than 20% of sales are generated outside the US. Vital Signs has a controlling interest in Breas Medical, a Swedish manufacturer of sleep therapy products. Founder and CEO Terence Wall and his family own more than 50% of Vital Signs; CFO Anthony Dimun owns another 20%.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: September
2000 Sales (mil.): 150.30
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 15.3%
Employees: 1,124
Revenue per employee: $133,718.86

 KEY PEOPLE
• Terence D. Wall
    CEO
• Herbert Javer
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
20 Campus Rd.
Totowa, NJ 07512
US
Phone: 973-790-1330
Fax: 973-790-3307
Online: Web Site

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