Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/eb21ba/invacare_medical_d) has announced the addition of the "Invacare Medical Device Company Intelligence Report 2009" company profile to their offering.
Headquartered in Elyria, Ohio, US, Invacare is a leader in the manufacture and distribution of home and long-term care medical equipment. The company manufactures, distributes and markets power and manual wheelchairs, patient aids, home care beds, home respiratory products, low air loss therapy products, seating and positioning products, bathing equipment and distributed products. Invacare operates predominantly in the home medical equipment industry segment and claims to hold leading or second market share positions in most of its business lines.
Invacare has over 6,000 employees and markets its products in 80 countries worldwide. The company's products are sold principally to over 25,000 home healthcare and medical equipment providers, distributors and government locations in the US, Australia, Canada, Europe, Asia and New Zealand.
As of June 2009, Invacare claimed to be the leading supplier of power and manual wheelchairs, patient aids, home care bed systems and home oxygen systems. Its only full-line competitor is Sunrise Medical. In Rehab Products, Invacare's key competitor is Pride Mobility, particularly in the consumer power and scooter markets, but also the custom power market. In Standard Products, Invacare competes solely with importers to the US market whom generally offer their products at a lower price and, in its Respiratory business, the principal competitor is Respironics (acquired by Philips in 2008) which offers a full respiratory product line. In Europe, competition is fragmented and changes from country to country. Competitors include Meyra in Germany, ETAC in the Nordic countries and Sunrise Medical.