This year, the five hundred dynamic, entrepreneurial-driven companies who qualified for Europe's 500 have managed to sustain growth since the year 2001, boosting employment and sales at an impressive average annual rate of 14%.
Ossur
Ossur (Icelandic Stock Exchange: OSSR) is a trusted and global leader in the development, manufacturing, distribution, sales and marketing of high technology orthopedic and prosthetic devices. With its head office in Reykjavik, Iceland, the company's U.S. sales and marketing headquarters are located in Aliso Viejo, California; the Canadian office in Vancouver, BC; the Nordic office in Uppsala, Sweden; and the European office in Eindhoven, Holland. The company has a considerable distribution network in other markets and over 900 employees worldwide. Given its mission to offer people a life without limitations, Ossur allocates an industry record of approximately eight percent of its revenue on medical technology research and development, and provides extensive education programs through the Ossur Academy. The company also sponsors a variety of community outreach programs and non-profit organizations. Website: http://www.ossur.com.
About Europe's 500
Europe's 500 has been published on an annual basis since 1996 and concentrates on the 25 EU member states plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. The organization researches, targets and selects high-growth companies and ranks them according to their David Birch Employee Growth Index. The listing is inten
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Contact: Beverly Millson
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310-399-7599
Ossur
21-Oct-2005