the surname . bauerfeind ag is a german health care equipment company one of the largest manufacturers of orthopaedic stockings and inserts in the world . its headquarters are in zeulenroda triebes thuringia . it is a family company not listed on any stock exchange . the company was founded in zeulenroda in 1929 by bruno bauerfeind as a manufacturer of medical rubber stockings . in 1949 his son rudolf bauerfeind left zeulenroda because of the policy of nationalisation in east germany and rebuilt the company in western germany first in darmstadt eberstadt and then in kempen . 1 2 immediately after german reunification in 1991 hans b. bauerfeind grandson of the founder and chairman of the management board since 1976 3 returned bauerfeind gmbh as it then was to zeulenroda 2 buying a compression bandage manufacturer there and investing more than 100 million euros in a new production facility a research centre and a new 57 metre headquarters building 4 the tallest new building constructed in thuringia since reunification . the family owned company became an aktiengesellschaft in 2002 . 1 hans bauerfeind has built up the company to an international group . there are currently approximately 2 000 employees 800 of them in zeulenroda 5 and subsidiaries in a number of countries including austria france great britain italy spain and the united states . sales in 2010 were approximately 250 million euros . 4 the company is the european market leader and prominent worldwide in the area of compression bandages and orthopaedic inserts 6 7 8 9 and has developed computer applications such as software to model clients legs in three dimensions for accurate fitting . 5 10 for the 2004 summer olympics in athens bauerfeind supplied not only compression stockings but 750 pairs of health shoes manufactured by their berkemann subsidiary . 11 hans bauerfeind himself holds more than 60 patents and in 2007 was awarded an honorary professorship by the fachhochschule m nster for his and the company s role in the establishment of the course of study in technical orthopaedics at german technical universities and the company s extensive financial support for the programme at m nster . 1 the company also participates in an international education programme and awards a prize of its own . 1 bauerfeind also owns the bio seehotel in zeulenroda which has several times been named one of germany s best conference hotels . 6 12 it was created in 2006 as a further conversion of a conference centre which had been a free german trade union federation hotel . 13 references edit a b c d christoph hachtkemper stehende ovationen f r einen unternehmer und f rderer press release fachhochschule m nster 29 november 2007 german a b hans b. bauerfeind gewagt und gewonnen die welt 25 september 2010 german according to the fachhochschule m nster press release 1979 . a b andreas hummel unternehmer der wende frankenpost 29 july 2010 german a b norbert block cebit premiere bauerfeind ist bei deutschland bewegt sich aktiv th ringische landeszeitung 4 march 2011 german a b elfriede schneider ein konservativer querdenker frankenpost 7 april 2009 german bandagen f r olympia unsere marktf hrer s ddeutsche zeitung 3 december 2009 german die sz stellt in dieser serie jene firmen vor die auf ihrem gesch ftsfeld zu den gr ten drei der welt z hlen . heute bauerfeind aus zeulenroda weltweit f hrend bei sanit tsbedarf . in this series sz presents those firms which are in the top three in their field of business . today bauerfeind of zeulenroda worldwide leader in healthcare supplies . karsten stumm familienunternehmen die jobmacher manager magazin 1 april 2005 german ein richtiger champion der gesundheitsbranche a real champion of the health field ken elkins bracing for a growing business charlotte business journal 28 february 2000 p. 4 the field of medical braces is dominated by such manufacturers as bauerfeind usa inc. a subsidiary of a german orthopaedic products company and one or two other large international companies . natascha plankermann tragbarer ersatz f r das herz neuentwicklungen bei der medizinmesse medica in d sseldorf die welt 23 november 2008 german burkhard riering and hagen seidel olympisches geld die welt 13 august 2004 german awards bio seehotel zeulenroda . bio hotel 365 orte im land der ideen die welt 9 may 2010 german external links edit official site authority control gnd 7566258 9 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bauerfeind & oldid 664017138 categories companies based in thuringiamedical equipment manufacturerscompanies established in 1929hidden categories articles with german language external linkswikipedia articles with gnd identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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