Company press releases 2011

​Telford, PA – Dräger was recently named one of five companies out of a field of 400 to receive the Zenith Award from the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). The award, which is given to companies that provide outstanding products and services to the respiratory care profession, was presented during the AARC’s 57th International Respiratory Congress in Tampa in November 2011.

• Order intake grows by 7.8 percent
• EBIT margin reaches 9.0 percent
• Equity ratio continues to rises to 34.7 percent
• Sales reorganization resolved
• Personnel changes
• Outlook 2011 and 2012

Telford, PA – Draeger Medical, Inc. is announcing the launch of its U.S. e-commerce website called DrägerShop. The site will offer customers instant online access to an extensive range of clinical accessories and consumables. This interactive, secure web facility provides users with continuous access to purchase products 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from an online catalog of more than 600 state-of-the-art products that support Dräger medical devices.

​Telford, PA – BabyFirst.com, an online-resource focused exclusively on neonatal care, announces the upcoming availability of its new documentary, 50 Years of Neonatal Care: The Passion that Drives us Forward. The launch will coincide with World Prematurity Day, the international day of recognition for babies born prematurely. The trailer for the documentary along with several new video lectures on hot topics in neonatal care are available on BabyFirst.com and on the BabyFirst Facebook page, beginning today. To commemorate the awareness milestone, BabyFirst.com will also launch its Baby Hero song and video on iTunes.

​Draeger Safety Diagnostics, Inc. announces the appointment of Candace Lightner, founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) as Government Affairs Liaison at both the state and national levels. She will work with Dräger on numerous legislative and public policy issues concerning impaired driving.

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• Order intake and net sales up
• EBIT margin amounts to 9.1 percent.
• Equity ratio rises to 34 percent

• Dräger pays cash compensation

• Earnings after income taxes grew 24 percent year-on-year
• Growth forecast confirmed
• Stefan Dräger: "Capital structure increases strategic scope of action"

• Record net sales of around EUR 2.18 billion
• Net profit more than tripled
• Dividend to rise by EUR 0.79 per share

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• Q4 EBIT reached EUR 51.7 million (Q1-Q3 2009: EUR 28.4 million)
• Orders on hand at record level
• Turnaround program delivering considerably higher savings