Company type | Aktieselskab |
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Industry | Healthcare |
Founded | 1956[3] |
Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Key people | Britt Meelby Jensen, CEO Thomas Frederik Schmidt, CFO |
Products | Ambu bag, Aura laryngeal mask, aScope single-use videoscope, BlueSensor electrodes, Neuroline electrodes |
Revenue | 4,013 million DKK (2021) [4] |
Number of employees | 5,000 (2022) [3] |
Website | www.ambu.com |
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