Press release: Handicare acquires Ligtvoet Products Helmond – 30 June 2009 – Handicare acquires manufacturing company Ligtvoet Products, part of the Harting-Bank Group. Ligtvoet Products, also known as Lipro, develops and manufactures care and rehab mobility products for disabled people. The dealer organisation Ligtvoet will continue to be part of the Harting-Bank Group. Ligtvoet Products, [...]
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Handicare: moving forward – growth strategy
Press Release: Handicare: moving forward – growth strategy The German healthcare market, like most healthcare markets today, is undergoing fast and necessary change in order to serve a dynamically growing customer base – notably the aging population with increasing need for enhanced mobility. Handicare has been recognised as a leading supplier of a wide range [...]
Sunrise Medical Divests Patient Aid (Guardian) Business To Medline – What’s Next
Sunrise announced that they have divested their US and South America Guardian business. (by the way the Guardian brand was never strong in their European business). Sunrise CEO Michael N. Cannizzaro said: For Sunrise Medical this is an important step in our strategy of being the industry’s leading Mobility and Seating Company. We will work [...]
Handicare Continues On The Acquisition Trail – Linido Holland
Handicare continues it’s aggressive acquisition strategy in Europe, now entering the bath aid segment with Linido – a company based in the Netherlands. They further continue to build on their presence in the Netherlands following it’s Movingpeople and Freelift acquisitions. Linido generally caters to the higher end bath products segment and is a relatively small [...]
Permobil Acquires Lifestand France
This acquisition comes as no surprise and fits not only with the Permobil value added product line but establishes a larger footprint in the French market – a market so far largely shunned by other large Nordic players like Etac and Handicare. This represents another investment for Nordic Capital, relatively new owner of Permobil. It [...]
Handicare – First Acquisition Of 2008 – Homecare Top 3 European Companies – Whats Next?
Per-Gunnar Borhaug, CEO Handicare AS and Hardy Brännström President Romedic AB announce the acquisition of Romedic by Handicare. Handicare AS acquires RoMedic AB in Sweden and strengthens its position internationally within lifting-, transfer- and positioning products for elderly and handicapped. Handicare’s revenues are estimated at over 225 million Euros ($320 million) putting it in our [...]
Invacare, Meyra and Handicare Skip Rehacare
As a brief follow – up to the post on this subject this week, we can now confirm that Invacare, Meyra and Handicare will not be attending this years Rehacare. This is the first time in the history of this show that Invacare and Meyra have not attended. No doubt the empty space will be [...]
Rehacare Europe 2006 – And The Winner Is
Reha has now come and gone again and I have decided to choose a winner. Handicare is the winner, and this is the reason. Less than a year after acquiring Movingpeople , Handicare has done a great job of presenting one face to their European customer. Their booth was simple and clearly branded. In addition [...]
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