Industry Medical devices Number of employees > 4,200 (Jan 2016) Headquarters Rengsdorf, Vienna | Revenue > 557 Millionen EUR Founded 1998 | |
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Key people Wolfgang Süßle (CEO), Georg Stadler (Deputy CEO), Holger Mägdefrau (CFO), Thomas Menitz (COO), Markus Sebastian (CCO) Products Medical, hygiene and nursing products Website www.lohmann-rauscher.com Subsidiaries Activa Healthcare, N.V. Varitex | ||
Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R) is a developer, producer, and seller of medical devices and hygiene products. The international company group grew out of the merger between the German company Lohmann (founded in 1851) and the Austrian company Rauscher (founded in 1899), which took place in 1998. L&R currently has over 4,200 employees worldwide. In 2015, the corporate group is represented by 40 subsidiaries and shareholdings in 22 countries, and by more than 130 partner companies. The company headquarters are located in Rengsdorf (Germany) and Vienna (Austria). The Group sales reached more than 557 million euros in 2015.
The L&R product range contains more than 15,000 products from the areas of medicine, nursing and hygiene – they include dressing materials, bandages (e.g. under the Rosidal brand), supports and orthoses (e.g. the Cellacare, Velpeau, epX brands), plaster room products (e.g. under the Cellona brand) wound dressings for all phases of wound healing (the Suprasorb family of brands), OR set systems and hygiene (e.g. the Raucodrape, Kitpack, Setpack, Sentinex brands), as well as consumer articles (e.g. the brands Bellawa cotton wool products and Senta feminine hygiene products). The company recently expanded its spectrum of services for hospitals with the L&R Optiline service concept. In the area of medical technology, L&R introduced the Suprasorb CNP range for negative pressure therapy in 2008.
In addition to hospitals, doctors, nurses and pharmacies, L&R’s customers also include medical supplies retailers, wholesalers and industry, and retail businesses for consumer products.