History
A brief history of the company
| Opening of the Hirsch Pharmacy | |
| Founding of the company | |
| Production in Bad Homburg | |
| Unexpected death of founder Eduard Fresenius | |
| Else Kröner takes over responsibility for Fresenius | |
| Expansion of infusion solutions product range | |
| Dialysis machines | |
| St. Wendel plant | |
| Schweinfurt plant | |
| Joint stock company | |
| Polysulfone fibre membrane | |
| Stock market flotation | |
| Sales exceed one billion marks | |
| Fresenius Medical Care | |
| Friedberg plant | |
| Founding of Fresenius Kabi Head office in Bad Homburg | |
| Business segments Fresenius Kabi and Fresenius ProServe | |
| Wittgensteiner Kliniken acquired | |
| Production reaches milestone of 50 million dialyzers a year | |
| Fresenius acquires HELIOS, one of the top three private hospital operators in Germany | |
| Fresenius Medical Care takes over Renal Care Group | |
| Fresenius becomes a European Company (SE) |