- Industry: Healthcare Services
- Country: Germany
- CEO: Rice Powell
- Website: www.fmc-ag.com
Profile
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co KGaA is a
Germany-based holding and kidney dialysis company, operating in the
fields of dialysis products and dialysis services. Its dialysis business
is vertically integrated, providing dialysis treatment at its own
dialysis clinics and supplying these clinics with a range of products.
In addition, the Company sells dialysis products to other dialysis
service providers. The
Company operates in two business segments: North America and
International.
The North America segment consists of Renal Therapy Group
and Fresenius Medical Services. The International segment consists of
Europe and Latin America and one Asia-Pacific unit. During the year
ended December 31, 2010, the Company's subsidiary, U.S. Vascular Access
Holdings, LLC, completed the acquisition of National Vascular Care Inc.;
it acquired a total of 168 existing clinics, and acquired Gambro AB's
peritoneal dialysis (PD) business. The Company has a total of 1000
subsidiaries worldwide.