Major order

The largest European service contract in the hospital sector, worth around €60 million, was recently awarded, by the Charité Hospital in Berlin, to Vamed, the Austrian hospital specialist. The project includes the out-sourcing of non-medical service areas.

Vamed has a major holding in the German Fresenius group and ranks among the most successful providers in project development and consultancy, planning and installation, management (facility management, total operational management) and logistics.
Over the last few years, the company has implemented more than 250 healthcare projects in 20 countries worth around €6.5 billion.

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