Fresenius SE - History

History

1462	Opening of the Hirsch Pharmacy
1912	Founding of the company
1933/34	Production in Bad Homburg
1946	Unexpected death of founder Eduard Fresenius
1951	Else Kröner takes over responsibility for Fresenius
1955	Expansion of infusion solutions product range
1966	Dialysis machines
1974	St. Wendel plant
1979	Schweinfurt plant
1981	Joint stock company
1983	Polysulfone fibre membrane
1986	Stock market flotation
1990	Sales exceed one billion marks
1996	Fresenius Medical Care
1997	Friedberg plant
1998	Founding of Fresenius Kabi Head office in Bad Homburg
1999	Business segments Fresenius Kabi and Fresenius ProServe
2001	Wittgensteiner Kliniken acquired
2003	Production reaches milestone of 50 million dialyzers a year
2005	Fresenius acquires HELIOS, one of the top three private hospital operators in Germany
2006	Fresenius Medical Care takes over Renal Care Group
2007	Fresenius becomes a European Company (SE)
2008	Fresenius Kabi acquires Dabur Pharma and APP Pharmaceuticals