Develops and manufactures medical devices for stoma, continence, wound and urology care
Coloplast A/S
Humlebaek (DK)New on Amplifa
About Coloplast
Coloplast A/S is a medical device company founded in Denmark in 1957 with headquarters in Humlebaek (DK-3050). Its starting point was the world's first self-adhesive stoma bag, which plastics manufacturer Aage Louis-Hansen produced based on an idea by nurse Elise Sørensen. Today the company develops, manufactures and distributes medical devices and services in the business areas Ostomy Care, Continence Care, Bowel Care, Interventional Urology, Wound & Tissue Repair and Voice & Respiratory Care. Production is based on plastics processing for bag, catheter and care systems. Coloplast employs more than 17,000 people worldwide in 43 countries and sells products in over 140 countries; according to the company, production sites are located among others in Denmark, Hungary, France, China and the USA. Customers include hospitals, medical wholesalers and specialist distributors, pharmacies and physicians; in Germany, Coloplast also offers home care services through Coloplast Homecare.
- Site
- DK-3050 Humlebaek
- Processes
- Coloplast Care (user support), Coloplast Professional (service & training for professionals), Homecare/nursing services (Germany)
- Materials
- Plastics
- Founded
- 1957
- Employees
- 17000+
- Industries
- Medical Devices, Stoma Care, Continence Care, Urology, Wound Care, Voice & Respiratory Care
- 01
Development and Research
- 02
Manufacturing
- 03
Distribution via hospitals, wholesalers and specialist distributors, pharmacies
- 04
Services (Coloplast Care, Coloplast Professional, Homecare)
Materials and Processes
Plastics
Core material of the products; founder Aage Louis-Hansen was a plastics manufacturer and produced the first stoma bag from plastic.
Sites
Humlebaek
DKCentral office/Headquarters
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1954
Nurse Elise Sørensen develops the first self-adhesive stoma bag for her sister Thora
- 1957
Founding of Coloplast A/S in Denmark by Aage Louis-Hansen; world's first stoma bag
- 1983
Stock market listing; establishment of the German sales office in Hamburg with 11 employees
- 1991
Establishment of the Coloplast Foundation in Germany
- 2010
Acquisition of Mpathy Medical Devices
- 2016
Acquisition of Comfort Medical (USD 160 million); Forbes ranks Coloplast as the 22nd most innovative company worldwide
- 2020
Acquisitions of Hope Medical and Rocky Medical Supply (integrated into Comfort Medical)
- 2021
Acquisition of Atos Medical (laryngectomy products) for EUR 2.16 billion
- 2022
Integration of Atos Medical into the Voice and Respiratory Care business area
- 2023
Acquisition of Kerecis (fish skin technology for soft tissue regeneration)