& co. kgaa type kommanditgesellschaft auf aktien with aktiengesellschaft as partner with unlimited liability traded as fwb fme nyse fms industry health care founded 1996 headquarters bad homburg germany key people rice powell ceo and chairman of the executive board michael brosnan cfo roberto fust chief executive officer for asia pacific dr. emanuele gatti chief executive officer for europe middle east africa and latin america ronald kuerbitz chief executive officer for north america gerd krick chairman of the supervisory board products kidney dialysis products and services therapuetic aphoresis products revenue us 14.6 billion 2013 1 operating income us 2 256 million 2013 1 profit us 1 110 million 2013 1 total assets us 22.120 billion end 2013 1 total equity us 9.485 billion end 2013 1 number of employees 90 690 fte end 2013 1 website www.freseniusmedicalcare.com fresenius medical care is a german company specializing in the production of medical supplies primarily to facilitate or aid renal dialysis . it is 31 % 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 and american company national medical care . contents 1 manufacturing 2 devices 3 distribution 4 dialysis units 5 references 6 external links manufacturing edit fresenius medical care operates more than 40 production sites on all continents . its largest plants in terms of production output are in the u.s. ogden utah and concord california germany schweinfurt and st. wendel and japan buzen . these plants are categorized as large and small with 25 large facilities and 15 small ones worldwide which cater to local demand for dialysis products . 3 plants that fall under the concentrates division manufacture finished products from raw materials such as sodium chloride dextrose and magnesium to name a few . raw materials go through a complex mixing and packaging process . devices edit fresenius medical care manufactures a variety of durable medical devices used in the treatment of end stage renal disease esrd . devices include hemodialysis machines peritoneal dialysis machines granuflo concentrate mixing tanks and monitoring devices including the crit line device . the dialysis machines are manufactured in one of two plants to serve the globe . these plants are located in schweinfurt germany and concord california . crit line devices are manufactured in concord california . distribution edit 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 . in 2012 fresenius acquired liberty dialysis holdings in a deal which entailed the sale of its outpatient dialysis clinics in 43 local markets within the u.s. in 2013 fresenius medical care na acquired shiel medical laboratory inc expanding services to new york city metro area . citation needed dialysis units edit fresenius medical care renal services limited runs 54 dialysis units across england 4 and more across wales . in september 2014 new renal dialysis units run by fresenius were opened at withybush general hospital and west wales general hospital with a contract to run for at least 7 years . 5 references edit a b c d e f fresenius medical care reports fourth quarter and full year 2013 results . fresenius medical care . 26 december 2014 . retrieved 20 december 2013 . fresenius medical care . shareholder structure . retrieved 2007 08 12 . http reports.fmc ag.com reports fmc annual 2012 gb english 5005 operations and strategy.html majorlocations provider fresenius medical care renal services limited . care quality commission . retrieved 27 september 2014 . date finally set for opening of withybush hospital s multi million pound dialysis unit . milford & west wales mercury . 8 september 2014 . retrieved 27 september 2014 . external links edit dietitian careers official website fresenius medical careers companies portal v t e dax companies of germany adidas allianz basf bayer beiersdorf bmw commerzbank continental daimler deutsche bank deutsche b rse deutsche post deutsche telekom e.on fresenius fresenius medical care heidelbergcement henkel infineon technologies k s linde lufthansa merck munich re rwe sap siemens thyssenkrupp volkswagen vonovia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fresenius medical care & oldid 721895466 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in hessehealth care companies of germanymanufacturing companies of 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