WOM (World of Medicine) fails to reach sales goal in 2002
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
World of Medicine (WOM), a company that manufactures products for minimally invasive surgery, including lasers and insufflation pump systems, experienced a difficult financial year in 2002, with sales rising barely 2% to E30.9m ($32.8m). The Ludwigsstadt, Germany-based company made a loss before interest and tax of E1.9m, compared with a profit of E0.6m for the previous year, putting the company in the red for the first time in six years. "We are not satisfied with this result, as our goals for 2002 were set much higher," said WOM's CEO, Peter Wiest.