Investor centre A global life sciences company Abcam is a global life sciences company providing highly validated antibodies and other binders and assays to the research and clinical communities to help advance the understanding of biology and causes of disease. Investor Relations We aim to ensure relevant, accurate and timely information is available to our investors and the rest of the financial community. We have talked with Claus Nielsen, Historian and Curator at the Eriksholm Collection to learn more about the Demant name. The investment company also has significant holdings in Vitrolife (assisted reproduction), CellaVision (medical microscopy in the field of hematology), Revenio (ophthalmologic screening and diagnostics), Jeudan (real estate) and Borkum Riffgrund 1 (offshore wind farm). Today, many of our everyday electronic devices are rechargeable and rechargeability offers us convenience and freedom. Now he doesn’t have to work so hard, so he has more energy left at the end of the day. In April 2019, the first Philips hearing aids were introduced to the global hearing aid market by Demant. “The joint venture has lived happily for 15 years, and we have now reached a phase where we are no longer a start-up company,” Jeppe Dalberg-Larsen says. Our strategic ambition is to further expand our position as the leading global hearing healthcare company with the broadest, deepest and most innovative product offering. • … a quick recharge – 30 minutes for an additional six hours of power. Ensuring highly engaged employees is not merely a responsibility towards our employees, it is essential for Demant to evolve and maintain a leading position globally. Until then, Søren will continue in his current role in Demant and contribute to a smooth transition. In addition, we are one of the world’s foremost banks within shipping, offshore and seafood and have a strong international position in the energy sector. During the ten-month program, two employees of Oticon’s packaging team, Heidi Gade and Sofie Rye, collaborate with 40 people from different positions in 21 companies on accelerating business innovation towards the Sustainable Development Goals. EPOS will manufacture and sell the existing Sennheiser Communications Enterprise Solutions and Gaming portfolios co-branded as EPOS | SENNHEISER products, while also introducing a new EPOS-branded portfolio. For the most part he did well, but he started complaining for the first time that he couldn’t hear his teachers as well in his larger classes. No more feeling like we are yelling at him all the time. This is just one little snippet of our life and how these incredible hearing aids have breathed new life into my son. • Overall: He is not as tired at the end of the day. Enabling hearing aid users to hear in noisy environments is a central topic in hearing aid research and development. At ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD) we pioneer innovative solutions that treat and keep people out of the hospital, empowering them to live healthier, higher-quality lives. In Diagnostics, we have been successful with new innovative efforts to improve remote care and automated hearing tests. Now he is easily able to join in the conversation, even when there is a lot of background noise. The true value lies in the tremendous benefits of using modern hearing device technology, in the positive outcome of hearing treatment by a professional and in reducing the risk of cognitive and physical illnesses, resulting from denial of the importance of hearing treatment. We focus on professionalising and digitalising the customer journey, enabling us to always provide a targeted and personalised customer experience across all touchpoints. I find it particularly fascinating to approach a problem like speech enhancement by developing systems that perform a multisensory integration, because this is what we constantly do as humans”, Daniel finishes. For more than 115 years, Demant has played a vital part in developing innovative technologies and gathering know-how to help improve people’s hearing and break new grounds in the field of audio. We sense that the introduction of Pulse has brought needed attention to employee engagement throughout the Group, and we are motivated to continue to grow this awareness. “Everyone uses lip reading, and you also use your eyes to navigate and find out where sounds are coming from. With a new Bertec® balance rehabilitation portfolio, Interacoustics offers systems for diagnosis as well as treatment of dizzy patients. He immediately took them off and said, “I don’t like these. “With Philips Hearing Solutions entering the market, hearing care professionals are presented with a unique opportunity to offer branded hearing aids that their clients automatically associate with quality, reliability and value,” says Søren Skjærbæk, Vice President. So, how have our lives changed since then? The Demant Group operates in a global market with companies in more than 30 countries, employs more than 15,000 employees and generates an annual revenue of DKK 15 billion. If one or more of those signals is not performing well, it will affect our overall balance. The centre will be completed in the summer of 2020 for the benefit of patients suffering from poor hearing and dizziness. Demant’s value chain does contribute to emission of greenhouse gasses, and the company has an opportunity to raise awareness of where it can do better and – even more importantly – how it can to contribute to the definition of a more climate friendly future for medtech and healthcare companies, both in the local and international community,” says CEO and President Søren Nielsen, Demant. I am the mother of a 16-year-old son who was born with a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. He is a straight A student, even in his AP classes! With EPOS being fully consolidated into the Demant Group, I look forward to seeing even more R&D synergies, such as advanced signal processing, evolve between our healthcare and headsets activities in the years to come and thus supporting continued strong growth in this part of our business. I’ve been compelled to write this letter but was unable to put my feelings into words. Patients with complicated audiological treatment can look forward to the possibility of a combined surgical and non-surgical treatment in a new centre. Investor news9 June 2020 New dates for Demant Capital Market DaysDue to the global coronavirus situation, Demant has decided to postpone the Capital Market Days scheduled for 22-23 September 2020 in Nice. The entire Danish business community has been invited to take part in prioritising initiatives to deliver on the ambitious 70% reduction, and along with 11 other prominent companies, Demant participates in the climate committee (Klimapartnerskab). Based on pioneering audio and video technology, EPOS strives to unleash human potential by perfecting audio and video experiences with focus on innovative design and performance in all of its solutions. Future hearing aids may be steered with your eyes, Combining sound and vision to improve speech enhancement, Now I am able to hear everything that’s around me, New hearing and balance centre at Rigshospitalet, New balance rehabilitation portfolio from Interacoustics, EPOS: a high-end audio and video solutions company for enterprise, gaming and air traffic control. Ponto 4 quickly became a customer success with user testimonials of improved hearing. All our R&D sites in Denmark, France, Sweden, Poland and China play a key role in our endeavours to always be at the forefront of development, enabling us to deliver the most innovative solutions. The story of Sennheiser Communications is more than anything a growth story. - Marina Sage, mother of a sixteen-year-old Oticon Opn user. Then the unforeseen and most critical event occurred, which impacted the whole Group and our ability to perform. I remembered a conversation that we had with his audiologists before leaving New Mexico talking about the new Oticon Opn hearing aids. Watch the video to learn more. In every aspect, at every touchpoint, Demant is active and engaged: from hearing devices and hearing implants, diagnostic equipment and hearing care to intelligent audio and video solutions. To attend this call, please use one of the following dial-ins: +45 3544 5577 (DK), +44 … From start-up to growth success Employees are our most important asset, and we put great effort into creating and nourishing a company culture that makes people grow and succeed. This year, Apple will host the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on February 23, 2021 at 9:00 am P.T. On April 1, Bernafon introduced Viron, its first True Environment Processing hearing aid. Thirdly, we heard his voice go from a louder voice to a normal conversational tone. 180729 Fiscal Code and Subscription to Vercelli Companies Register no 13144290155 During 2020, Sennheiser Communications will phase out and while the, The best IT company in Denmark is part of the Demant family. We also reached an employee participation level of 84%. He is doing great in his group work. She kept talking to him, while slowly backing out of the room. Structural growth drivers •Baby-boomers in developed markets •Ageing population across the world CAGR ~5% 2017 2027 Diagnostic Instruments Hearing Implants Hearing Devices Diagnostic Instruments Hearing Implants Hearing Devices Note: Wholesale values Attractive growth in hearing healthcare 4 Demant announces launch of new flagship hearing aids Introducing Oticon MoreTM – … Demant’s multi-brand strategy was expanded further during 2019 when a brand-licensing agreement with Philips, one of the world’s best known and leading health technology brands, resulted in the first Philips branded hearing aids. William Demant Invest A/S is an evergreen investment company, wholly owned by the charitable William Demant Foundation. Our Diagnostics business activity also keeps evolving. An initiative from our hearing aid retailers puts hearing on the healthcare agenda by offering free hearing aids and providing crucial information and education about hearing healthcare and the consequences of untreated hearing loss. Ransomware criminals intruded our systems, our core IT infrastructure, which forced us to shut down our IT systems and shortly after begin the recovery of systems, servers and infrastructure across all regions. EPOS will manufacture and sell the existing Sennheiser Communications Enterprise Solutions and Gaming portfolios co-branded as EPOS | SENNHEISER products, while also introducing a new EPOS-branded portfolio. The Danish government has set an ambitious climate goal: To reach a target of 70% greenhouse gas reduction in 2030. Even if the Group’s core business – the production of very small hearing devices – is neither intense on energy nor on the use of materials, Demant still acknowledges that there are areas to improve and that the Group can contribute. We saw strong organic growth in Hearing Implants of 21% driven by very high growth in the cochlear implants segment in the first half-year and the same strong growth trend in the second half-year in the bone anchored hearing systems segment thanks to the launch in June of Ponto 4. He can hear the announcements and come home to tell me what they said. Looking at the Gallup benchmark, this result puts us just below average compared to other companies enrolled in Gallup’s survey, and Demant’s progress is by Gallup considered a statistically significant increase. William Demant Holding is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and part of the C20CAP Index. The new solution combines audiometry, real-ear measurement, hearing instrument testing and visible speech mapping with a sleek and modular design. For more than 115 years, Demant has played a vital part in developing innovative technologies and gathering know-how to help improve people’s hearing and break new grounds in the field of audio. We value a free and honest communication which contributes to a professional, yet informal working environment. But what happens if you introduce a visual input to the hearing system? With the donation money we provide free hearing aids to people who need them but cannot afford them, based on nominations from the clinics. All products are seeing good traction in a highly competitive market. After wearing them for a full day, he said he was amazed how easy it was to adjust to them since they sounded so different from what he was used to. With Campaign for Better Hearing we seek to inspire our employees around the world to take an active part in putting hearing care on the health care agenda. Increasingly important to us and our shareholders, to our customers and to the users of our solutions are responsibility and sustainability. I thank all employees for their contribution to Demant in 2019. Watch the video to get a glimpse of Viron’s new sound experience. Acoustic signals may be degraded by noise, but the visual input is not”. 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Søren Nielsen. Sennheiser Communications A/S, the joint venture between Demant A/S and Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG, announced in 2018 that it would evolve in new set-ups, which paved the way for the launch of EPOS in 2019. One of the Foundation's main tasks is to contribute to society including the support to research and development within audiology, and this new project supports the Foundation's objective of improving the lives of people with hearing loss. We have become a very significant global retailer and our approach to hearing care is based on the needs of each individual user. We contacted a new audiologist in Florida who told us we could do a one-week trial with the Opn hearing aids to see how they worked for my son and if we thought it was worth the investment. My husband and I were listening to the conversation in utter disbelief and watching our son’s face. Novo Nordisk A/S Novo Allé 1 2880 Bagsværd Denmark +45-4444-8888 CVR-no. With the donation money we provide free hearing aids to people who need them but cannot afford them, based on nominations from the clinics. Most importantly, he smiles more—all the time! “Although speech enhancement is an old problem, a novel aspect of my research project is the combined use of auditory and visual signals to aid the enhancement process with the information from the speaker's lips”, explains Daniel Michelsanti, PhD student at Aalborg University. When I meet employees all over the world, I see a fantastic and diverse crowd. That is the look that my son had on his face for the first 2 days after receiving the new hearing aids. Investor Relations. Headquartered in Denmark, William Demant Invest is a highly respected evergreen investment company, wholly owned by the charitable William Demant Foundation. An ongoing PhD project at Aalborg University in collaboration with Oticon sets out to improve speech enhancement by introducing a visual input source to the hearing system. The donation from William Demant Foundation provides a unique opportunity for collaboration between the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark, the industry, patient organisations and the Capital Region by combining the clinical operations with an intensified research collaboration. And this is where I start getting teary. A new climate law has just passed with a wide majority in Parliament to support the reduction programme. In 2019, we have screened 465,633 people with a Campaign for Better Hearing campaign code, raised more than 1.75 million USD, and helped 509 persons by providing 865 free hearing aids. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, is 20675505#. Robit is a global growth company that sells and manufactures drilling consumables to global customers and partners for applications in the mining, construction and contracting, tunneling and well drilling industries. He couldn’t hear the announcements on the loudspeaker because they were too jumbled. “I am very pleased with Demant joining the climate committee and we do it with a commitment to act. We are making progress in our efforts to reduce packaging and excess materials, and we are investigating new, sustainable materials for our products. Then you may consider a career as Investor Relations Officer in our team at William Demant Holding. In spring and autumn, both Bernafon and Sonic introduced new products, thereby considerably expanding their portfolios, and – perhaps most notably – the first Philips-branded products were launched in April and additional Super Power and Ultra Power styles in September 2019. • … a super-fast three-hour charging time (for a fully drained battery). Strategy and targets. Waters Corporation, founded in 1958 by James L. Waters and headquartered in Milford, MA, U.S.A., is the world's leading supplier of UPLC, HPLC, mass spectrometry and … The decision has been made in light of the uncertainty regarding possible restrictions on travelling, indoor gatherings, social events, etc. Denmark, 11 December 2019 – Søren B. Andersson, VP Investor Relations & Corporate Strategy, is taking on a new role as Finance Director with the Danish listed real estate company Jeudan as of 1 March 2020. In 2019, we changed the descriptive name of Diagnostic Instruments to Diagnostics to better reflect the fact that we are active in many areas and that the share of consolidated revenue generated by Diagnostics’ balance, service and disposables businesses is growing. They told me they were not just a small step up like we were used to, but it was entirely new technology that was a total game changer. The company has 9 sales and […] “We live in an age where user engagement and digital services are shaping the future of healthcare technology. Over the past 70 years or so, Matas has been a preferred supplier to Danish consumers of nearly all categories of beauty, health and wellbeing products and has been named one of the best-known Danish brands several times. Users only need to plug the devices into the charging station when they go to bed, and in the morning, they are ready to go. That is the look that my son had on his face for the first 2 days after receiving the new hearing aids. “The way we experience the world that surrounds us is multisensory. Reflected in our growing presence in the US and our recent successful launch in China, the commercial response to this well-known consumer brand has turned out to be just as positive as we expected. With the combination of visual and auditory inputs, the idea is to build speech enhancement algorithms to work in noisy environments. This forecast is a clear indication of the absolute necessity to continue the progress we have already made in hearing health: Enabling people to live active lives, to keep working and to interact socially – even if their hearing is severely impaired or just not what it used to be. We are committed to providing relevant, accurate and timely information to investors and the financial community. They worked hard figuring out how to substitute materials for more sustainable options, eliminate excess materials and make the packaging production itself greener. Elekta Care Community The online Elekta Care Community portal is available at all times for easy and personalized access to … Then I looked out the door and tears started streaming down my face, because the audiologist wasn’t standing near the doorway anymore, she had moved about 4-5 feet down the hall! DiaSorin S.p.A.-Share Capital € 55.948.257 R.E.A. Perhaps he will use his knowledge to someday work in the field of hearing aid technology and to help other people as you have helped him. 24256790. In 2019, the Demant Group reached its 115th anniversary and the year saw many first-time events. It is estimated that around 466 million people worldwide suffer from disabling hearing loss and that this number will have almost doubled to 900 million people in 2050. The engagement survey is carried out by an external collaborator, Gallup, and in 2019, we fully rolled out the survey in our global organisation, involving approximately 15,000 employees worldwide. Demant will host a conference call on 13 October 2020 at 14:00 CEST. Our international R&D organisation is a major catalyst for innovation projects. Demant’s value chain does contribute to emission of greenhouse gasses, and the company has an opportunity to raise awareness of where it can do better and – even more importantly – how it can to contribute to the definition of a more climate friendly future for medtech and healthcare companies, both in the local and international community,” says CEO and President Søren Nielsen, Demant. He used to work so hard to hear, and it was exhausting. Immediately my son’s eyes lit up and a huge smile formed on his face. He can hear us talking to him, even when we are in the other room or behind him, or facing away from him, or walking away from him. Oticon’s latest advance within rechargeable hearing solutions offers a full day’s power - every day – in combination with all the well-known benefits from Oticon Opn S™. 14. Demant A/S: William Demant Holding A/S: Investor news - Demant is bringing Philips hearing aids to market Apr 10, 2019 Tim Murray Highlights the Following Stocks: BUCA, Wal-Mart, Blue “If you had a camera input, you would instantly be able to single out the speaker. First of all, I was amazed that she was speaking in a normal conversational voice, and not in the louder voice that we had been accustomed to speaking to him in. “Today, we use signal processing to locate the speaker in noisy environments and to remove the noise around the target speaker”, explains Jesper Jensen, Senior Principal Scientist at Oticon and Professor at CASPR, Aalborg University. Until then, Søren will continue in his current role in Demant and contribute to a smooth transition. Philips Hearing Solutions entered the hearing healthcare market with a complete range of premium hearing aids under the name of Philips HearLink. Watch the video to hear her experiences. 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