This essential newly updated business reference report, published by Espicom in September 2006, compares and contrasts the performance and fortunes of 100 leading medical device and equipment companies. Each company is ranked against a range of key business and financial performance indicators, using reported figures from 2001 to 2005.

100 COMPANIES ANALYSED
The report analyses individual results for 100 companies. Up to five years of key data from the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow are presented.

REGIONAL COMPARISONS
Furthermore, you can compare the performance of companies within three geographical regions: North America, Japan and Europe.

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS
With up to five years of data provided for each company, Medical Device Companies Performance Tables 2006 provides a unique opportunity to assess a company's past performance and potential future activity.

Key Facts:
2005 year-end figures
Contains detailed performance rankings for 100 leading medical device companies
Includes individual company results
Provides up to five years of data
275+ pages
Available over the web, Adobe Acrobat pdf via email or in print. Extensive Contents
Key Financial Indicators, including:
Medical Device Sales
Total Revenues
Operating Income
Net Income
R&D Expenditure
Capital Expenditure
Total Assets
Foreign Sales
Employees

Performance Indicators: (Using Medical Device Sales as an example)
Companies by Medical Device Sales 2005 (US$ Million)
Companies by Yearly Change (Local Currency)
Companies by Five Year Change (Local Currency)
Five Year Movement of Medical Device Sales (2001 US$ Exchange Rate)
Five Year Change in Medical Device Sales (Index Numbers)

Companies are also ranked by:
Return on Capital Employed
Productivity
Profitability
Research Rates
Investment Rates

Companies Included in the Report:
3M
Abbott Laboratories
Advanced Medical Optics
Agfa-Gevaert
Alcon
Aloka
American Medical Systems
Analogic
Arrow Int'l
Arthrocare
Asahi Kasei
AstraZeneca
B Braun
Baxter Int'l
Bayer
Becton Dickinson
Biomet
Boston Scientific
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Canon
Cardinal Health
Carl Zeiss
Cochlear
Coloplast
Conmed
C R Bard
Danaher
Datascope
DJO
Drager
Eastman Kodak
Edwards Lifesciences
Elekta
Encore Medical Fresenius
Fuji Photo Film
Fukuda Denshi
Gambro
General Electric
Genzyme
Getinge
Guidant
Gyrus
Haemonetics
Hillenbrand Industries
Hitachi
Hogy Medical
Hologic
Hospira
Hoya
Huntleigh Technology
Inamed
Integra Lifesciences
Intuitive Surgical
Invacare
Inverness Medical Innovations
Johnson & Johnson
Kimberly-Clark
Kinetic Concepts
Konica Minolta
Kyphon
Lumenis
Medtronic
Mentor
Nihon Kohden
Nipro
Novartis Olympus
Omron
Orthofix Int'l
Paul Hartmann
Philips
Phonak
ResMed
Respironics
Roche
Shimadzu
Siemens
Smith & Nephew
Smiths Group
Sorin
St Jude Medical
Steris
Stryker
Symmetry Medical
Synthes-Stratec
Teleflex
Terumo
The Cooper Companies
Thoratec
Toray Industries
Toshiba
Tyco Int'l
Varian Medical Systems
Viasys Healthcare
Vital Signs
William Demant
Wright Medical
Zimmer
Zoll Medical