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In 2015, the company reported a turnover of 204 million euros, which increased to 250 million euros in 2019, and further to around 300 million euros in 2020. Since 2014, Bauerfeind AG has been incorporated under the ‘Prof. Hans
Bauerfeind Family Foundation’, ensuring stable ownership and governance.
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in 2007, recognising his and the company's contributions to the establishment of the technical orthopaedics courses at German technical universities and the extensive financial support provided to the programme at Münster. In 2020 Hans resigned from the position of chairman of the board, having
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Bauerfeind has been actively involved in sports, particularly by providing on-site support services for athletes at the Summer and Winter
Olympic Games since 2002, including comprehensive support during the Vancouver and London games for athletes from all participating nations.
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Bauerfeind expanded the company into an international conglomerate. As of 2011 the company comprised approximately 2,000 employees, of which 800 were located in Zeulenroda. Additionally, it has over 20 subsidiaries in several countries, including
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The
Bauerfeind Group portfolio includes the InnovationCentre and a hotel named Bio-Seehotel at the Zeulenroda dam. Opened in 2006 following the conversion of a conference centre that used to serve as a hotel for the
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into a new production facility, a research centre, and erecting a new 57-metre tall building to use as the business headquarters. Notably, it became the tallest building built in
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The company was founded in
Zeulenroda in 1929 by Bruno Bauerfeind as a manufacturer of medical rubber stockings. In 1949 his son, Rudolf Bauerfeind, relocated from Zeulenroda due to
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founded in 1929, specialising in medical aids. The company is one of the largest manufacturers of orthopaedic hosiery and inserts in the world. Initially established in
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in Athens, Bauerfeind not only supplied compression stockings but also provided 750 pairs of health shoes manufactured by their
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As of early 2020, Rainer
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Bauerfeind has developed computer applications such as software to model clients' legs in three dimensions for accurate fitting. For the
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The company operates 20 foreign subsidiaries in countries such as Russia, Austria, Croatia, France, the UK, Switzerland, and the USA.
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Additionally, in 2016, Bauerfeind acquired a 25% stake in co.don AG, marking a strategic expansion in its investment portfolio.
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in 1991, Hans B. Bauerfeind, the founder's grandson and chairman of the management board since 1976, returned Bauerfeind
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nationalisation policy and reconstructed company operations in western Germany. Initially, the company was based in
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passed the role to Rainer Berthan. On the 14th of July 2023, Hans' death was announced by several media outlets.
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Sales for the year 2015 amounted to 203.7 million euros.
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