OREANDA-NEWS.  DAX company Fresenius Medical Care celebrated its 20th anniversary as well as 20 years on the stock exchange in Frankfurt this morning. CEO of the company, Rice Powell, opened trading with a ring of the traditional stock exchange bell.

Specialising in dialysis, the Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe-based company has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2 October 1996. Fresenius Medical Care was included in the DAX index on 20 September 1999 and has remained there ever since.

According to company sources, Fresenius Medical Care is the world's leading provider of products and services for people suffering from kidney disease. It supports more than 300,000 dialysis patients in a network of over 3,500 dialysis centres worldwide. Fresenius Medical Care is also a leading provider of products such as dialysis machines and dialysis filters.