Teleflex
| Teleflex Incorporated
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| legal form | Inc. |
| ISIN | US8793691069 |
| founding | 1943 |
| Seat |
Wayne , Pennsylvania , United States
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| management | Liam J. Kelly (President and CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 15,200 |
| sales | 2.45 billion US dollars |
| Branch | Medical technology |
| Website | www.teleflex.com |
| As of December 31, 2018 | |
Teleflex is a publicly listed US medical device manufacturer headquartered in Wayne , Pennsylvania .
background
The company was founded in 1943 and initially manufactured flexible spiral cables and gears for converting translational into rotational movements. These were used in Spitfire fighters to make adjustments to the radio on the aircraft, which was outside the direct range of the pilot. The flexible cables for setting the radio frequencies remotely gave the company its name. It has been listed on the stock exchange since 1967. Teleflex entered medical technology in 1981 with the manufacture of polymer materials for use in the medical sector. In 1989 the Willy Rüsch AG was madeRommelshausen taken over by Teleflex. Since the entry into medical technology, all other essential business branches have been disinvested, which makes the company a pure medical technology group.
The company's product range includes surgical instruments such as scissors, tweezers and laparoscopic instruments, as well as catheters , endotracheal tubes , staplers and systems for chest drainage .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Teleflex: Board of Directors , accessed May 30, 2019
- ↑ Teleflex: SEC-Filing Form 10-K , accessed May 30, 2019
- ↑ Teleflex: Teleflex History , accessed May 30, 2019
- ↑ Teleflex: Product Areas , accessed June 1, 2019