Historical dates

 

1937 Dr. Holger Hesse founds Ambu
1953 Dr. Holger Hesse meets Dr. Henning Ruben
1956 Ambu Resuscitator is put on the market
1967 Ruth Hesse is appointed CEO
1979 Leif Nielsen is appointed CEO
1992 Ambu is listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange
1994 Vivi Kjær is appointed CEO
1999 Kurt Erling Birk is appointed CEO
1999 Growth Strategy 2002 is implemented
2000 Part of the production is moved to China
2001 Medicotest, electrode company, is bought up
2002 Growth Strategy 2005 is implemented
2003 Ambu’s Annual Accounts for Fiscal 2002/03 are better than expected
2004 The Stock Market reaction is the highest share price in ten years
2005 Growth Strategy 2008 is implemented
2005 New production plant in Penang, Malaysia is opened
2007 Ambu’s 70th anniversary