Welch Allyn

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Welch Allyn, Inc.

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legal form Privately-held Corporation
founding 1915
Seat Skaneateles Falls , New York ,United StatesUnited States
sales approx USD 700 million (when taken over by Hill-Rom in 2015)
Branch Medical technology
Website www.welchallyn.com

Welch Allyn, Incorporated , based in Skaneateles Falls, New York State , is a subsidiary of the US medical technology company Hill-Rom .

background

The company was founded in 1915 by Francis Welch and William Noah Allyn and was a family-run independent company until 2015. The competitor Hill-Rom Holdings announced on June 17, 2015 the purchase of the company for a purchase price of 2.05  billion USD in cash and shares.

The company had been represented in Germany since 1921 and produced blood pressure monitors in Jungingen . In 2012, Welch Allyn GmbH und Co. KG announced the closure of the plant.

Individual evidence

  1. Hill-Rom: Investor presentation on the occasion of the takeover , June 17, 2015, accessed on July 25, 2018 (pdf, English)
  2. ^ The Wall Street Journal , Chelsey Dulaney: Hill-Rom to Buy Welch Allyn for $ 2.05 Billion . ( Online ) June 17, 2015
  3. Schwarzwälder Bote , Volker Rath: Welch Allyn closes . ( Online ) December 12, 2012