B. Braun Melsungen Aktiengesellschaft is a medical device company and one of the world’s leading providers of healthcare products. Headquartered in Melsungen, Germany, the company began in 1839 when Julius Wilhelm Braun purchased a small pharmacy.
The business adopted a mail-order model and eventually expanded into medical products manufacturing by 1864. International production began in 1925 with the company’s first facility in Milan, Italy.
The company brought its innovations in suturing and surgical equipment to market throughout the early 20th century and delivered revolutionary intravenous therapy and solutions by the 1960s. Through acquisitions, B. Braun entered the US in 1967 and continued to grow through additional purchases, such as US medical technology company, McGaw, Inc., in 1997.
Today, the company offers 5,000 different products in a comprehensive range of medical categories, such as anesthesiology, cardiology, surgical, private practice and home care.
B. Braun Melsungen Aktiengesellschaft generates over $6 billion in annual sales through a global network of subsidiaries.
- Family name: Braun family
- Sector: Life Sciences
- Founded: 1839
- Founder: Julius Wilhelm Braun
- Country: Germany
- Company headquarters: Melsungen, Germany
- CEO: Anna Maria Braun
- Revenue: US$6.7 billion
- Family ownership: 100%
- Employees: 55,719
- Website: https://www.bbraun.com/en.html
