Confirmed: Siemens Aims For H1 2018 IPO for Healthineers
Executive Summary
Siemens is planning to spin out its Healthineers business in an IPO slated for the first half of next year, the German conglomerate has confirmed. The move will give the health care business "the required currency and entrepreneurial flexibility" to grow in a fundamentally attractive market, it said. The announcement was made in conjunction with the group's reporting of its third quarter results for fiscal 2017, in which solid diagnostics imaging sales helped to boost the top line for Healthineers.