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L&R at the EWMA Conference / DEWU Congress 2026 in Bremen

08-05-2026 2026

Under the trade show slogan “Our Roadmap for Modern Wound Care” L&R was present from May 6 - 8  at Europe’s most important wound care gathering with a…

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08-05-2026 2026

L&R at the EWMA Conference / DEWU Congress 2026 in Bremen

Under the trade show slogan “Our Roadmap for Modern Wound Care” L&R was present from May 6 - 8  at Europe’s most important wound care gathering with a…
04-05-2026 2026

„We’re putting our all into innovation. Our Ambition is to build something great through our own Strength.“

Our Website-Editorial team met Dr. Christian Rohrer, Director Research & Development at L&R.
20-04-2026 2026

Successful Investment in Ethiopia Despite Challenges

L&R strengthens Global Presence, Crisis Resilience, and Social Sustainability
22-03-2026 2026

Every drop counts – especially in industry!

At L&R, responsible water management is an important part of how we make our operations more sustainable.
20-03-2026 2026

Fifth L&R Women’s Network Event in Vienna

Around 20 female colleagues gathered again in Vienna in early March as part of the L&R women’s network “
13-03-2026 2026

L&R achieves remarkable progress in occupational safety

Occupational safety is a top priority at Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R).
11-03-2026 2026

Venosan Brasil: new distribution and production center

At the end of February, Venosan Brasil celebrated the topping-out ceremony for its new distribution and production center – an important milestone in…
02-03-2026 2026

Patient engagement as an effective component in SSI prevention!

Systematic review highlights key areas for action.
17-02-2026 2026

L&R and BioVation RLP – A strong partnership for innovation and securing skilled workers

Lohmann & Rauscher is taking another important step toward the future! We are pleased to announce our new cooperation with BioVation RLP RLP, the…
13-11-2025 2025

L&R and Suprasorb CNP endo among the finalists for the Austrian "State Award for Innovation" 2025

On November 12, 2025, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism (BMWET) honored Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R) and its…
10-10-2025 2025

October 13 is World Thrombosis Day!

Thrombosis is a word that most of you have heard, perhaps in relation to hospitalization, long flights or long hours sitting. But do you actually know…
08-09-2025 2025

L&R successfully completes acquisition of 49% of the shares of the ADA Group

Following the approval of the merger control, Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R), a leading international company for medical products and services, announces…
01-09-2025 2025

Fabio Cortesi named CCO of the L&R Group

The L&R Advisory Board unanimously appointed Fabio Cortesi as an additional member of the Executive Board as of September 1, 2025.
29-08-2025 2025

L&R recognized as a top employer and training company in Germany

2025 continues to be a year of outstanding successes and awards for L&R. After taking top spot in the SME ranking of the German magazine "Markt &…
04-07-2025 2025

L&R strengthens European market presence and delivery capability through strategic cooperation with the ADA Group

Investment in Portuguese medical device company. Rengsdorf / Vienna, July 4, 2025 – Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R), a leading international company for…
26-06-2025 2025

Medical product innovations | Interview with Thomas Menitz, CEO of L&R

Lohmann & Rauscher is a developer, manufacturer and provider of high-quality medical products and services. Since 1956, the site in Schönau an der…
20-06-2025 2025

A woman for all (AI) occasions

There's no way around artificial intelligence, or AI for short, these days. Who hasn't used AI tools such as ChatGPT (text and language processing),…
18-06-2025 2025

L&R is “Innovation Champion 2025” in the field of medical technology in Austria

We have fantastic news and and a very good reason to celebrate! L&R has been named Innovation Champion 2025 in the field of medical technology by the…
02-04-2025 2025

Lohmann & Rauscher Group acquired Unisurge International Ltd.

Effective March 31, 2025, Lohmann & Rauscher Group acquired Unisurge International Ltd., the UK's market-leading and renowned manufacturer and…
26-03-2025 2025

Dr. Thomas Eberlein passed away

L&R mourns the loss of its long-standing consultant in the field of science, clinical studies and wound treatment projects
26-02-2025 2025

L&R acquires teledermatology startup OnlineDoctor

This is the first acquisition of a digital health start-up in the company's history. OnlineDoctor is the market leader for teledermatology in Germany…
20-02-2025 2025

L&R receives “Lower Austria Innovation Award” for Suprasorb CNP endo

On February 19, 2025, the province of Lower Austria and the Lower Austrian Chamber of Commerce awarded Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R) and its product…
21-11-2024 2024

Second Edition of the L&R Accelerator Program started

For L&R, innovation and the further development of products and services are essential to better meet the needs of users in the healthcare sector and…
04-11-2024 2024

Thomas Menitz new CEO of L&R from December 1, 2024

There will be a change in the Executive Board at Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R). The Advisory Board of L&R has named Thomas Menitz new CEO as of December 1,…
17-09-2024 2024

L&R Germany honored with the “German Health Award 2024”

L&R is one of the three winners of the “German Health Award 2024” (Deutscher Gesundheits-Award) in the “Medical Technology - Manufacturer” category.…
08-05-2024 2024

L&R Germany awarded AOK “Healthy Company” certificate in silver

L&R Germany was recently awarded the AOK “Healthy Company” certificate in silver. The award was presented to Holger Mägdefrau, CFO of L&R, and…
06-05-2024 2024

1.5 million euro upgrade of our L&R production facilities in Neuwied completed

In April, L&R successfully completed extensive modernization work at its production site in Neuwied. The upgrade took 12 months and five construction…
15-12-2023 2023

Irish start-up company "FeelTect" wins final of the L&R Accelerator Program

For the international medical device supplier Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R), innovation and development of products and services are essential in order to…

27-11-2023 2023

Lohmann & Rauscher supports Bergwaldprojekt e.V. with EUR 10.000,-

For more than a year now, Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R) has been offering a part of its exclusive German Ratioline range of supports and orthoses made from…
20-11-2023 2023

L&R OPTILINE service solution has already won more than 900 customers

It is a real success story: for more than 25 years, L&R OPTILINE has stood for efficiency, partnership and expertise in the healthcare sector. L&R's…
24-10-2023 2023

L&R awarded "Special Award for Outstanding Innovation Performance" by the Innovation Award Austria

Only those companies will be successful in the long term who constantly work on the further development of their products and on innovative solutions…
18-08-2023 2023

Austrian Federal Minister Dr Susanne Raab visits L&R in Schönau a. d. Triesting

Employee-oriented, family-friendly and thus sustainably successful - this is how L&R presented itself to the Austrian Federal Minister for Women,…
07-07-2023 2023

L&R Group Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary

The year 2023 is a very special year for Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R), the developer, manufacturer and supplier of medical and hygiene products: 25 years…
12-05-2023 2023

Practical industry exchange at L&R on the subject of lean management

On May 9, L&R welcomed 11 members of the Rhine-Ruhr Lean Network to the Neuwied site. The program included the exchange of experts from very different…
20-03-2023 2023

New L&R Logistics Hub: "An investment for our customers"

The Corona pandemic and the Ukraine war have had a number of negative consequences in recent years and months - including supply disruptions in many…
21-02-2023 2023

A yurt connecting people

Since 2015, L&R has been funding charitable, sustainable projects of the hearts of its employees as part of its Corporate Social Sponsoring (CSS)…
22-12-2021 2021

Help for the helpers – and beyond

Nobody in Germany (but also in Belgium and the Netherlands) will forget 14 July 2021. Immense heavy rainfall caused unprecedented flooding on that…
21-12-2021 2021

“We want to help. We NEED to help.”

Storms, destruction, chaos, and a great deal of human suffering - as well as an enormous amount of (spontaneous) solidarity - marked the summer in…
01-07-2021 2021

L&R honours Special Medical Award winner IllumiNati

On 30 June, Lohmann & Rauscher (L&R) invited to the L&R College in Rengsdorf to officially handover the certificate to the winner of the category…
11-06-2021 2021

Photovoltaic Boost at L&R

In May 2021, the third photovoltaic plant at L&R went into operation and was connected to the grid. "das magazin" spoke to Karl-Heinz Posch (Director…
30-04-2021 2021

The virtual L&R Wound Day 2021

On Thursday April 15, L&R Austria held its second L&R Wound Day. This was an event for medical and nursing staff aiming to share new perspectives in…
10-03-2021 2021

L&R and the Brexit

How L&R is dealing with the changed situation regarding the trade of goods after UK's withdrawl from the European Union.
10-02-2021 2021

L&R's Certification Check

ISO standards & rating platforms
09-11-2020 2020

The L&R world in figures

The L&R Flying Faculty, the publication search, the idea pool – all of this incorporate 30 years of experience and know-how.
26-10-2020 2020

365 days of improved quality of life.

A year in the life of venous ulcer patient, Rosie.
19-10-2020 2020

Growth markets bursting with contrasts.

L&R in the Middle East, Africa and beyond.
12-10-2020 2020

We realised that the future is here.

An Interview with Artist Mattias Alexandrov Klum
05-10-2020 2020

3 under 30s

Young talented individuals making their mark at L&R.
28-09-2020 2020

Spotlight on: New Strategies

Whether it’s on the ward, in out-patient departments, or in surgery: we deliver solutions.
29-06-2020 2020

Patient Empowerment

Treatment success through empowerment!
15-06-2020 2020

“We need more digital pioneers.”

Interview with Prof. Dr. Klemens Skibicki, economic historian and professor of economics, marketing and market research in the monitoring of…
01-06-2020 2020

“The attitude of the health services towards wound therapies needs to improve!”

Interview with Dr. Markus Duft
18-05-2020 2020

Problem. Solution. Success.

Product development, from first ideas right through to market readiness.
04-05-2020 2020

The “Cinderellas of healthcare”

An Interview with Christina Lindholm.
20-04-2020 2020

“Even the best of ideas is of no use to anyone if it is not used”

Rhineland-Palatinate Competition for Ideas – Innovative ideas should be sought out and promoted in this way by potential entrepreneurs.
06-04-2020 2020

My secret? Giving will make you happier.

Inka Orth, Chairwoman of Bunter Kreis Rheinland, gives us an insider’s look at her life's work.
23-03-2020 2020

Between hype and hope: Medicine of the future

How digitalisation and big data are changing the health services.
09-03-2020 2020

We have a very personal approach to social responsibility.

An interview with Wolfgang Süßle, CEO of the L&R Group
24-02-2020 2020

On the ICU ward

Monitoring systems help to identify problems and to improve hygiene measures in the ICU.
10-02-2020 2020

A woman on a mission

Travelling around Latin America with Margarita Ortiz, a medical trainer
20-01-2020 2020

Diabetic Foot: a constant battle

An Interview with Dr. Nashat Ali Hassan Ghandoura
06-01-2020 2020

Hygiene is teamwork.

The fight against post-operative wound infections.
04-12-2019 2019

Energy-efficient beneath and on the roof.

L&R invests in sustainable buildings & infrastructure.
20-11-2019 2019

Hygiene, safety, sustainability.

The L&R single-use range
06-11-2019 2019

Quality, no matter what we do.

Our demanding quality guidelines form the basis of our regional and international business activities.
23-10-2019 2019

From A to B.

Our supply chain is characterised by sustainability: at all times and all over the world.
09-10-2019 2019

Sustainability is a matter for all of us.

Interview with Jasmine Schweitzer – Corporate Sustainability Manager at L&R.
28-08-2019 2019

My dancing heart.

The world of music in the operating room.
14-08-2019 2019

More dynamic movement, less pain.

My day with supports and orthoses.
31-07-2019 2019

We provide training internationally

Our L&R Academy trainers provide training to customers, business partners and L&R staff around the world – from Tehran to St. Petersburg.
17-07-2019 2019

Doctors with ambitions

Dr. Thami Tazi from Morocco
03-07-2019 2019

Artificial intelligence in healthcare

The use of artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector will revolutionise the quality of patient care.
19-06-2019 2019

Hidden Champions

The lion’s share of sales at L&R does not come from our marquee products which are highlighted in every presentation, it comes from our buried…
05-06-2019 2019

At what stage does corporate identity become spatial?

A visit to L&R’s college instantly impresses upon visitors the meaning and symbolism of the company’s brand.
22-05-2019 2019

Doctors with ambitions

Christina Hankins from Texas
08-05-2019 2019

Sentina single-use instruments

Since May 2018, Lohmann & Rauscher has been offering single-use instruments for hospitals, medical practices, nursing homes, and home care under our…
11-04-2019 2019

Compression Road

Challenging, exciting and optimistic times lie ahead!
2018 in the UK – a year full of changes for leg ulcer care.
27-03-2019 2019

L&R CHARITY – WE CONNECT

Social responsibility – going global
13-03-2019 2019

Hygiene – singularly good.

Singe-use products in the OR.
27-02-2019 2019

Sustainability

“Being active counts.” – that’s the title of our sustainability report, the first of its kind published by the L&R Group.
14-02-2019 2019

Hallux valgus

Healthy feet are trending – attractive, pain-free feet are part of the lifestyle of the target group of women.
30-01-2019 2019

“One step closer to managing biofilm in chronic wounds.”

At the occasion of the opening of a new biofilm centre of ­excellence at its Schönau an der Triesting development facility, L&R organised a symposium…
16-01-2019 2019

We think globally.

Efficient processes, multicultural teams, sustainable growth.
17-05-2018 2018

Why we love what we do

Who are the people behind L&R, what are their tasks?
02-05-2018 2018

Providing care with fervour. Every day.

Björn Jäger – a wound expert and orderly at a correctional facility
16-04-2018 2018

L&R Academy

At the company’s own L&R Academy, business partners and L&R employees are able to utilise the large amount of know-how and training possibilities.
29-03-2018 2018

Design Thinking – Innovation Method & Innovation Culture

Design Thinking is a systematic innovation approach to complex problems in all areas of life.
15-03-2018 2018

Doctors with ambitions: Live from the practice of an office-based physician from Bergues, France

The 65 year-old doctor is able to look back on a diversified and exciting professional life.
05-03-2018 2018

A well designed package already demonstrates the quality of its contents.

In daily business, speed is of the essence – and a clear design indispensable
15-02-2018 2018

Customer partnership – Justine Whitaker

wound manager, director and head of nursing at the Northern Lymphology Clinic in the UK, university lecturer
02-02-2018 2018

Committed to sustainability 24/7

As head of the “Task Force on Sustainability”, Thomas Menitz looks after a number of diverse projects on the integrated management of sustainability…
17-01-2018 2018

Successful under pressure

At L&R research and development activities which make wound therapies more efficient and easier and quicker to apply are our number one priority.
08-12-2017 2017

Innovation Debrisoft

Debrisoft® – the Original
New debridement techniques with the Debrisoft® Lolly
29-11-2017 2017

Kitpack - One set, many components, millions of possibilities

More than 9,400 individual components to choose from
20-11-2017 2017

Doctors with ambitions: Live from a dermatology practice in Munich, Germany

At the “Dermatologie am Sendlinger Tor” practice, the shared values of the three dermatologists and their group practice’s team are front and centre.
09-11-2017 2017

Dubai. Vienna. Shanghai. Rengsdorf. - On the road with W. Süßle

Wolfgang Süßle has one goal: to make the Corporate Strategy 2020 become reality. He and his team are doing everything to implement this project.