Terumo

Terumo Corporation

Type	Public KK
Traded as	: Nikkei 225 Component
Industry	Medical equipment
Founded	September 17, 1921
Headquarters	44-1, 2-chome, Hatagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0072, Japan
Key people	Koji Nakao, (CEO and Chairman) Yutaro Shintaku, (President)
Products	Intravenous catheters Infusion sets Artificial heart and lungs Blood glucose and blood pressure monitoring systems Blood transfusion-related products Oncology safety products Peripheral stents Oxygenators
Revenue	$ 4.27 billion (FY 2012) (¥ 402.294 billion) (FY 2012)
Net income	$ 500.01 million (FY 2012) (¥ 47.01 billion) (FY 2012)
Number of employees	19,261 (consolidated) (as of September 30, 2013)
Subsidiaries	Terumo Cardiovascular Systems, Corp. Vascutek Ltd. Microvention Inc.
Website	Official website
Footnotes / references

$ 4.27 billion (FY 2012)

$ 500.01 million (FY 2012)

Terumo Corporation (テルモ株式会社, Terumo Kabushiki-gaisha^?) was founded in 1921 as Sekisen Ken-onki Corporation by a group of medical scientists led by Dr. Kitasato Shibasaburō to produce medical thermometers in Japan.

The company's first product was "Jintan Taionkei", the first Japanese-made thermometer available for sale, and it has since expanded into a medical devices manufacturer, producing medical disposables, cardiovascular systems and diabetes care products.

In 1971, Terumo opened its first overseas office in the United States. Since then, the company has established subsidiaries in Europe (1971), South America, China, India, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Australia. The company later expanded its product range to include coronary stents and catheters, and acquired, among others, the cardiovascular specialty companies Vascutek and Microvention in 2002 and 2006 respectively.