lse dvo industry food processing founded 1962 headquarters moodiesburn chryston scotland key people peter page ceo gerard hoetmer chairman products collagen sausage and cooked meat casings ; collagen films and casings for the medical and cosmetics industries revenue 232.3 million 2014 1 number of employees 2 200 2014 2 website www.devro.com devro plc is a multinational company based in moodiesburn chryston scotland which manufactures and distributes goods derived from collagen principally sausage casings a product in which it is the world leader . 3 4 the firm also produces films casings and other specialised collagen products for use in the health care and cosmetics industries . the company is listed on the london stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit devro was founded as a new business of johnson & johnson in 1950s after its researchers developed a material suitable for the manufacture of sausage casings from collagen.the business name was devised as an acronym of development and research organisation the johnson & johnson unit from which it emerged . the firm was subject to a 108 million management buyout from j & j in 1991 and was listed on the london stock exchange two years later . in 1996 it acquired the american firm teepak international for us 135 million including its majority stake in the czech company cutisin . 5 the czech unit was fully acquired in 2004 . in early 2007 devro engaged in talks with an undisclosed suitor rumoured to be its then largest shareholder acomita investment a vehicle controlled by john magnier over a takeover of the company . the talks were however terminated after an agreement could not be reached on issues relating to its pension scheme . 6 the company was promoted to the ftse 250 index on 27 august 2010 after the acquisition of arriva by deutsche bahn was completed . 7 operations edit devro hq s manufacturing area at night . some 1 450 of devro s 2 200 employees are based in europe with the majority of these at manufacturing and research and development facilities in jilemnice and slavkov in the czech republic . 8 devro headquarters are based in moodiesburn scotland . significant facilities are also located in bellshill scotland close to the firm s headquarters . the company s other manufacturing and technical plants are located in sandy run south carolina in the united states and bathurst new south wales in australia . 8 the firm also has sales offices in germany russia hong kong japan and new zealand . references edit preliminary results 2014 pdf . devro . key facts . devro . retrieved 16 march 2014 . liew jonathan 4 august 2009 . devro boosted by shortage of guts . the daily telegraph . retrieved 2 september 2010 . bolger andrew 3 august 2010 . improved productivity lifts devro s profits . financial times . retrieved 2 september 2010 . dinger ed 2006 . devro plc . international directory of company histories . the gale group . retrieved 2 september 2010 . neuber kerstin 13 april 2007 . devro says offer talks have ended . reuters . retrieved 2 september 2010 . arriva plc uk scheme of arrangement changes in ftse indices . ftse group . 24 august 2010 . retrieved 2 september 2010 . a b annual report 2014 pdf . devro . retrieved 23 april 2015 . external links edit official website devro select website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title devro & oldid 658837424 categories companies established in 1962food manufacturers of the united kingdom 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 wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 april 2015 at 13 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view