Ann Maitland

BSN medical International Holding GmbH & Co. KG manufactures and develops medical supplies and equipment. It specializes in the development and manufacture of the acute wound care, compression therapy, orthopedics, fracture management, physiotherapy and bandage segments. The firm products include wound dressings, medical skin care items, compression bandages, supports braces, synthetic castings, plasters and medical accessories. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

BSN medical is a multinational company and one of the world leaders in producing and distributing medical products in the segments of plaster, bandages, wound care and compression therapy. Some of its brands are well known - Gypsona ®, Delta-Cast ®, Jobst ® and Tricodur ® - these are vetrouwde names in the medical industry. They have production sites in France, Germany, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States. Sales and marketing its products in major markets by BSN Medical themselves represented as a separate entity. BSN Medical employs approximately 3400 people and has a global turnover of more than 605 million Euros in 2009. BSN medical in April 2001 emerged from a 50:50 joint venture between the companies Beiersdorf AG, Hamburg, and Smith & Nephew plc, London. Purpose of this joint venture was the grouping of geographic and channel strengths in wound care, fracture treatment, physiotherapy and phebologie.