1883 SALZMANN & Co. founded by Julius Salzmann at Geltenwilenstrasse 18 in St.Gallen. At that time, the business was involved in manufacture and trading in cotton yarns for St.Gallen's embroidery industry, which accounted for over 50% of Swiss exports at the turn of the century.
1980 Salzmann MEDICO founded. As elastic stockings had been produced at Oscar Haag in Laupen (ZH) since as long ago as 1943, contacts were made over the years with doctors and more and more medical aids were added as product lines. Establishment of a separate trading division under the Salzmann MEDICO name was therefore advisable.
1989 VENOSAN ITALIA s.r.l. founded as a marketing company in Milan, for the sale of surgical support stockings in Italy
1991 Shares purchased in the newly-established
ETI production facility in Asheboro N.C. for the manufacture of medical compression stockings in the USA.
1993 VENOSAN NORTH AMERICA Inc. founded as a marketing company in Asheboro N.C. for the sale of medical compression stockings in the USA.
1994 VENOSAN VERTRIEBS GmbH (Nowadays
arthroven GmbH) founded in Rottweil (D) for the sale of medical compression stockings in Germany
1998 VENOSAN CANADA Inc. founded in Ottawa for the sale of medical compression stockings in Canada.
1999 VENOSAN BRASIL S/A founded in Olinda for the manufacture and sale of medical compression stockings in Brazil.
2002 Shares purchased in VOGUE MISR in Egypt and a production facility set up for medical compression stockings for sale in the North African and Arabian economic areas.
2006 Venosan (Dalian) Medical Stocking Co., Ltd. founded in Dalian for the manufacture and sale of medical compression stockings in China.
2007 The main product VENOSAN 6000 of Venosan (Dalian) Medical Stocking Co., Ltd was registered as a class II medical device by SFDA, and in the same year was granted the certificate to export of medical products by CFDA.
