as nasdaq pdco s & p 500 component industry dental equipment rehabilitation veterinary pharmaceuticals founded 1878 patterson dental milwaukee wisconsin founder myron f. john g. patterson headquarters mendota heights minnesota united states key people peter l. frechette chair scott anderson pres ceo dir r. stephen armstrong cfo revenue 3.237 bil fy 104.6 % 1 net income 212.254 mil fy 106.3 % 1 total assets 2 447.952 mil july 101 % 2 total equity 1 485.881 mil july 10 1 % 2 number of employees 6890 3 divisions 18 sub 3 div patterson dental supply inc. patterson veterinary supply inc. patterson medical supply inc. website www.pattersoncompanies.com patterson companies inc is a medical supplies conglomerate primarily in the business of veterinary and dental products ranging from xray equipment to consumable products dental consumables make up the biggest part of the dental industry . 4 since 2003 it also distributes general medical rehabilitative devices like braces and wheel chairs . traditionally a dental company it diversified its business at the turn of the millennium when it acquired 55 year old company ja webster inc a distributor of veterinary products . that business segment now known as patterson veterinary currently distributes equipment diagnostic and surgical and medicine anaesthetics vaccines . the company operates directly in only the us and canada in canada through subsidiaries sammons preston canada and patterson dental canada . in 2008 it was noted as having one of the lowest debt ratios among companies in the health care sector . 5 patterson was also a member of the nasdaq 100 until december 10 2010 when it and six other companies were replaced . the nasdaq 100 is composed of the 100 largest non financial stocks traded on the nasdaq . 6 patterson is the distribution company for sirona dental systems one of the world s biggest dental equipment manufacturers . 7 more recently the company has been active in making acquisitions abroad ; on june 17 2010 patterson medical purchased the rehabilitation part of ireland based dcc healthcare days healthcare physiomed and ausmedic in a move that increased patterson medical s revenue by 16.43 % us 70 million fiscal year ended april 24 2010 . the new companies were added to its homecraft rolyan unit in the uk . 8 contents 1 history 2 business segments 3 more recent acquisitions 4 ftp server databreach 5 references history edit the company traces its roots through division patterson dental supply back to one established in 1878 named patterson dental company . it remained focused solely on the dental products market until the 21st century when it branched out into the veterinary supplies market through 2 large acquisitions ja webster in 2001 92.5 million dollars 9 and provet in 2004 . for about 130 years it dealt only in dental supplies . 10 11 it began selling rehabilitation supplies in 2004 after acquiring ability one products corporation followed by medco the same year . 12 it went public on the nasdaq in 1992 with an ipo of around 480 million dollars . 13 key dates and events 1987 acquired d.l. saslow co another major distributor 1993 started doing business outside of the us by purchasing healthco canada . 1997 purchased software developer eaglesoft inc a company founded by scott r. kabbes who 6 years later was made president of patterson dental company . it later became patterson technology center 14 2004 caesy patient education systems was acquired . it is used by the company to provide information relating to treatment procedures for patients . as a subsidiary the company retained its name . july 2004 was renamed patterson companies inc because by then it was not only in the business of dental equipment distribution it also made software served the veterinary market and supplied products for general medical use . until that time it was named patterson dental company . business segments edit patterson dental supply inc patterson veterinary supply inc. formerly webster veterinary supply and patterson medical supply inc. comprise the three core segments of the company . those core businesses branch out into many regional subsidiaries most of which are based in the united states except for a few canadian ones like sammons preston canada and patterson dental canada has 550 employees . the majority of business in canada comes from quebec ontario british columbia alberta and saskatchewan . software and hardware businesses are part of patterson dental . patterson medical provides over 20 000 rehabilitation supplies equipment and assistive living products . patterson medical s international operations consist of homecraft in the united kingdom and kinetec in france . homecraft is a supplier of aids to daily living and rehabilitation products in the united kingdom . in france kinetec consists of two operations the manufacturing and distribution of continuous passive motions machines and distribution of sammons preston and homecraft products . more recent acquisitions edit for 2010 the last 3 rehabilitation companies days healthcare physiomed and ausmedic were formerly part of dcc plc a company that serves the uk market . 2010 2009 2008 rehabilitation empi therapy solutions summit sports medical therapeutic technologies days healthcare physiomed and ausmedic mobilis healthcare group quality health products kees goebel medical specialties advanced practice systems llc goldsmith medical company seneca medical ws medical llc cripps corp veterinary columbus serum company odyssey veterinary software llc associated medical supply new england x ray dental global medical & dentals dolphin imaging systems denesca leventhal & sons 1 ftp server databreach edit in 2016 a security researcher named justin shafer found 22 000 patients data on an ftp server owned by patterson dental . he was reportedly raided by the fbi . 15 references edit a b c 2010 fiscal year report page 3 pdf . april 2010 . a b patterson companies first quarter 2010 results pdf . 2010 08 26 . key patterson companies inc. financials . hoovers . retrieved 2010 09 16 . dental consumables market . 2010 06 21 . financial management theory and practice annual changes to the nasdaq 100 index . 2010 12 10 . sirona and patterson to supply cerec to over 150 pacific dental affiliated practices patterson medical acquires rehabilitation operating units of dcc plc . 2010 06 17 . patterson dental company acquires third largest distributor dental supplier sinks teeth into new sectors lextron inc history patterson dental to purchase health care supplier . the new york times . 2003 09 19 . securities and exchange commission 10 k form patterson companies inc. inside patterson dental . dental tribune . 2010 05 24 . fbi raids dental software researcher who discovered private patient data on public server . 2016 05 27 . v t e minnesota based corporations fortune 500 corporations by size unitedhealth group target best buy supervalu chs 3m u.s. bancorp medtronic general mills xcel 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