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66 Company profileCommitted to health, helping the helpers.The HARTMANN GROUP is an international companyin the field of individual solutions for professionalcustomers in medicine and nursing. As a result of thedevelopment of medical competence and continuousdialog with customers over many years, HARTMANNhas become an internationally leading provider in woundcare, incontinence hygiene, and infection protection.With its subsidiaries, the HARTMANN GROUP has positioned itself close toits customers in strategically important sales markets. The Group has 9,982employees worldwide (as at December 31, 2010) and achieved sales revenuesof 1,633 billion euros in 2010. The main market of the HARTMANNGROUP is Europe. In addition, HARTMANN has operations in America and inAfrica, Asia, and Oceania.At the core of the HARTMANN GROUP’s portfolio are solutions for professionalusers in the medical segments of Wound Management, IncontinenceManagement, and Infection Management. Other Group activities includeproducts for consumers as well as the medical product trading business.The HARTMANN GROUP in figuresin million euros 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006Sales revenues 1) 1,633.0 1,560.5 1,377.0 1,281.4 1,216.9Foreign share in % 65.5 64.8 66.1 65.4 64.6Sales growth in % 4.6 13.3 7.5 5.3 0.2Consolidated operating profit 69.8 59.1 42.0 38.8 34.1Net return on sales in % 2) 4.3 3.8 3.0 3.0 2.8Operating EBIT 103.4 97.0 70.2 64.1 55.5Return on EBIT in % 2) 6.3 6.2 5.1 5.0 4.6Number of employees on December 31 3) 9,982 9,515 9,582 8,935 8,7521) Currency translation was effected at the average exchange rate for the year. 2) Return based on operating profit without extraordinary effects. 3) Excluding staff on parental leave and PAUL HARTMANN AG Management Board members.