Terumo Corporation: Leading Medical Devices and Healthcare Management Products Manufacturer
INTRODUCTION
Terumo Corporation is a leading medical devices and healthcare management products manufacturer headquartered in Japan, with a global network spanning across Europe, Asia,
Africa, the Americas and the Middle East. Founded with the aim of designing and making superior thermometers, Terumo has always been committed to contributing to society by helping to provide better healthcare through high quality and innovative medical technology.
The objective of this essay is to obtain an understanding of the microeconomic and macroeconomic aspects of the company, and to identify the factors that may influence, and the economic issues that may be pertinent, to the same. For the purpose of this essay, and for the ease of analysis, the company has been treated as being Japanese, with the related microeconomic and macroeconomic data used in the analysis being focused mainly on
Japan.
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1 . T erumo Corporation: A Microeconomic Analysis
1 .1 O verview of Company
Terumo Corporation, founded in 1921 by Dr. Shibasaburo Kitasato, is a company that functions mainly in four sectors, namely hospital products, cardiac & vascular, blood system and consumer healthcare1, the last of which was merged with the general hospital sector in April
2012. Though the company originally dealt in the design and manufacture of thermometers, it is now an active player in the manufacture and sales of medical equipment, devices and products, such as pharmaceuticals, blood bags, disposable medical devices, cardiovascular equipment and medical monitoring systems2.
Number of Employees
Net Sales
Corporate Stock
Capital Stock
18112 (Consolidated)
386.7 billion yen (for FYE Mar. 2012)
First section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code: 4543)
38.7 billion yen
Corporate Profile. [Online]. (URL http://www.terumo.com/about/profile.html). 2012, March 31.
1 .2 O verview of Industry & M arket S hare
1 .2.1. Overview by Business Segment 3
Cardiac & Vascular
Terumo Corporation is a leading medical devices and healthcare management products manufacturer headquartered in Japan, with a global network spanning across Europe, Asia,
Africa, the Americas and the Middle East. Founded with the aim of designing and making superior thermometers, Terumo has always been committed to contributing to society by helping to provide better healthcare through high quality and innovative medical technology.
The objective of this essay is to obtain an understanding of the microeconomic and macroeconomic aspects of the company, and to identify the factors that may influence, and the economic issues that may be pertinent, to the same. For the purpose of this essay, and for the ease of analysis, the company has been treated as being Japanese, with the related microeconomic and macroeconomic data used in the analysis being focused mainly on
Japan.
1
1 . T erumo Corporation: A Microeconomic Analysis
1 .1 O verview of Company
Terumo Corporation, founded in 1921 by Dr. Shibasaburo Kitasato, is a company that functions mainly in four sectors, namely hospital products, cardiac & vascular, blood system and consumer healthcare1, the last of which was merged with the general hospital sector in April
2012. Though the company originally dealt in the design and manufacture of thermometers, it is now an active player in the manufacture and sales of medical equipment, devices and products, such as pharmaceuticals, blood bags, disposable medical devices, cardiovascular equipment and medical monitoring systems2.
Number of Employees
Net Sales
Corporate Stock
Capital Stock
18112 (Consolidated)
386.7 billion yen (for FYE Mar. 2012)
First section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code: 4543)
38.7 billion yen
Corporate Profile. [Online]. (URL http://www.terumo.com/about/profile.html). 2012, March 31.
1 .2 O verview of Industry & M arket S hare
1 .2.1. Overview by Business Segment 3
Cardiac & Vascular