health care type aktiebolag industry medical devices founded 1849 m lnlycke headquarters gothenburg sweden key people richard twomey ceo revenue 856 million 2009 1 owner investor ab 96 % and morgan stanley principal investments number of employees 7 400 website www.molnlycke.com m lnlycke health care is a swedish medical device company headquartered in gothenburg and active internationally . the company manufactures and sells wound care and single use surgical products and is a service provider to the healthcare sector . the surgical division includes medical devices such as drapes gowns facemasks and headwear . 2 the wound care division includes medical device wound healing solutions such as dressings compression products and skin care products and emollients . 2 featured products in wound care include those with safetac technology available exclusively on mepitel mepilex and other dressings . the wound care product assortment also includes woundel electrostimulation for hard to heal wounds wound dressings such as mepore compression bandages dermatology products and retention products such as tubifast . 3 contents 1 history mergers and acquisitions 2 sales and manufacturing 3 labor relations in thailand operation 4 labor environment in the czech republic 5 brands 6 references 7 external links history mergers and acquisitions edit the company was founded in 1849 by gustaf ferdinand hennig in m lnlycke as a textile manufacturer . 4 in the 1940s m lnlycke began supplying the health care industry with products such as gauze . 1975 m lnlycke ab was acquired by svenska cellulosa aktiebolaget sca publ where it made up their clinical division . 4 at that time sca was known as bowater scott and the new company called sancella pty limited manufactured personal care products . 5 1997 sca sold the clinical products division to nordic capital who merged it with kolmi set acquired by tamro 6 and named it m lnlycke health care ab . 4 m lnlycke health care started operations as an independent company in 1998 . 4 2001 m lnlycke health care acquired the single use surgical barrier product line from johnson & johnson . 7 2005 m lnlycke health care ab was acquired from nordic capital by apax partners in june 2005 and subsequently merged with medlock medical and regent medical . the merged company became m lnlycke health care group . 8 2007 apax partners sold m lnlycke health care group to investor ab and morgan stanley in january 2007 . 9 2008 m lnlycke health care acquired pharmaset in october 2008 a french manufacturer of surgical single use kits . 10 2009 the company acquired jkt a polish manufacturer of surgical disposable products . 11 2010 the company acquired rynel inc. in january 2010 an american manufacturer of hydrophilic polyurethane foam . 12 investor ab acquired morgan stanley principal investments stake in m lnlycke health care in august 2010 . 13 the acquisition made investor ab a 96 % owner in the company . the remaining 4 % is owned by management . 14 the company is in a rapid growth from 2000 based on the competitive health care products and good management team . 2011 the company launched the construction of a new manufacturing facility at brunswick landing in june 2011 site of the former naval air station brunswick in brunswick maine united states representing a significant milestone for the company to become a leading health care product manufacture in the world . the factory will produce health care products for u.s market from 2012 and significantly reduce the manufacturing cost and assist new product development . 2011 the company is ranked the 2nd largest advanced wound dressing company in the world and still keeps growing . 2012 the company acquires brennen medical . the company acquires woundel from gerromed gmbh . m lnlycke health care establishes the subsidiary m lnlycke health care scotland ltd. 2013 the company signed a licence agreement with covalon technologies . 2014 the company announced its expansion plans for its wiscasset maine manufacturing facility in january 2014 . 15 sales and manufacturing edit m lnlycke health care has sales offices globally . 16 the company has split their production between several factories around the world . production of their surgical products takes place in belgium thailand malaysia france poland and the czech republic . production of wound care products takes place in the uk finland and u.s. 17 labor relations in thailand operation edit twenty three founders and leaders of the m lnlycke health care labour union at the company s plant in thailand were allegedly dismissed in 2001 due to their involvement in trade union activities . the industrial relations committee irc of thailand deemed the dismissal to be unfair and suggested the company reinstate the workers . at a later stage two workers were reinstated one of whom was elected as union president . in 2011 twenty two workers were dismissed in the aftermath of what the company claims to be wild strikes which again the irc of thailand deemed to be unfair . 18 still claiming this to be wild strikes m lnlycke has appealed to the labour court for legal trial as either party in an irc mediation has the right to appeal irc s recommendation to the court system . the case was settled out of court in february 2013 . labor environment in the czech republic edit m lnlycke s czech republic plant based in karvin was highlighted for physical breakdowns of some female employees . for example on august 5 2014 three female workers ages 39 40 and 52 were taken from the production hall to a local hospital by ambulance . 19 brands edit the m lnlycke health care surgical division has five brands barrier 20 procedurepak 20 hibi 20 biogel 20 hibliclens 20 the m lnlycke health care wound care division has numerous brands . they include mepilex 2 mepore 2 mepitel 2 epaderm 2 tubifast 2 tubigrip 2 xelma 2 avance 21 safetac 2 references edit 404 file not found . a b c d e f g h i j products and services for surgical procedures and wound management m lnlycke health care . 1 a b c d solutions for safe efficient surgical procedures and gentle effective wound care m lnlycke health care . sca in australia . retrieved 11 apr 2014 . nordic capital acquires m lnlycke clinical products from sca nordic capital press release 29 october 1997 solutions for safe efficient surgical procedures and gentle effective wound care m lnlycke health care . apax partners acquires m lnlycke health care from nordic capital apax partners press release 26 january 2007 investor ab and morgan stanley principal investments acquires m lnlycke health care group from apax partners investor ab press release 26 january 2007 m lnlycke health care acquires pharmaset m lnlycke health care press release 16 january 2009 m lnlycke health care acquires jkt m lnlycke health care press release 3 june 2009 m lnlycke health care acquires rynel m lnlycke health care press release 15 february 2010 investor acquires shares in m lnlycke health care investor press release 26 august 2010 investor takes over m lnlycke dagens industri article 26 august 2010 m lnlycke health care expands wiscasset manufacturing site . 15 jan 2014 . retrieved 11 apr 2014 . about our company m lnlycke health care . solutions for safe efficient surgical procedures and gentle effective wound care m lnlycke health care . campaign to reinstate dismissed union members at m lnlycke thailand continues . industriall . vy erpan eny odv eli z chran i p mo z v robn haly pr myslov z ny . karvinsk a hav ovsk den k. a b c d e 2 new negative pressure wound therapy system launched wounds international volume 1 issue 3 25 may 2010 external links edit official site m lnlycke site with information for patients retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title m lnlycke health care & oldid 712314715 categories companies established in 1849health care companies of swedencompanies based in gothenburg1849 establishments in sweden navigation menu personal tools not 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