Ambu (company)

The Ambu A / S is a Danish medical device company that, among other things in the U.S., Scandinavia, Italy, France, Spain, the UK and Germany in Bad Nauheim has sales offices.

Ambus historic milestone was the invention of the BVM 1954 by Danish anesthetist Henning Ruben and the German engineer Holger Hesse. Ambu develops in addition to products for the ventilation ( face masks, laryngeal masks, PEEP valves, Lifekey ) also products used in cardiology. So Ambu has a selection on ECG electrodes, which were also on the Russian space station MIR used. Ambu is also known for its training and practice phantoms for the basic measures for resuscitation ( cardiopulmonary resuscitation ( BLS) ) and Advanced Emergency Response ( Advanced Life Support ( ALS) ). A well-known exercise machine is the so-called AmbuMan.

Other business areas are neurology ( needle and surface electrodes for electromyography ( EMG), electroencephalography (EEG ), etc. ) and Immobilation ( cervical supports ).

The company's Class B shares (before June 1, 2006 in the mid-cap index) listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange in the Small Cap Index. About 70 % of the voting share capital, consisting of the equipped with multiple voting Class A shares, is in the hands of four descendants of the company founder.

In September 30, 2008 fiscal year ending 2007/2008 1397 employees achieved a turnover of DKK 784 million in fiscal year 2004/2005 there were 1280 employees and achieved revenues of 654 million DKK in accordance with 87.68 million euros. 98 % of sales are generated outside. Products for artificial respiration contributed in fiscal year 2005/2006 almost 40 % of revenue, cardiology products 37%, neurology products 9%, exercise phantoms and products for immobilizing 7% each. About 60% of all employees work at the production sites in Xiamen, China and Penang, Malaysia, 27 % of employees in Denmark. In Denmark, Ambu has production sites at Ballerup and Ølstykke.