Patterson Companies

#3718

Rank

$2.77B

Marketcap

United States

Country

Leadership team

Mr. Les B. Korsh (Chief Legal Officer & Corp. Sec.)

Ms. Andrea L. Frohning (Chief HR Officer)

Mr. Donald J. Zurbay (CEO, Pres & Director)

Products/ Services

Health Care, Medical Device, Veterinary

Number of Employees

1,000 - 20,000

Headquarters

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Established

1877

Company Registration

SEC CIK number: 0000891024

Net Income

100M - 500M

Revenue

Above - 1B

Traded as

PDCO

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URL

https://www.pattersoncompanies.com

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Recognition and Award

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Summary

Patterson Companies, Inc. engages in distribution of dental and animal health products in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company operates through three segments: Dental, Animal Health, and Corporate segments. The Dental segment offers consumable products, including infection control, restorative materials, and instruments; basic and advanced technology and dental equipment; practice optimization solutions, such as practice management software, e-commerce, revenue cycle management, patient engagement solutions, and clinical and patient education systems. It also provides a range of related services comprising software and design services, maintenance and repair, and equipment financing. The Animal Health segment distributes biologicals, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, parasiticides, diagnostics, prescription and non-prescription diets, nutritional's, consumable supplies, equipment, and software, as well as value-added services. This segment also provides private label portfolio of products to veterinarians, producers, and retailers under the Aspen, First Companion, and Patterson Veterinary brands. The Corporate segment offers customer financing services; and sells other miscellaneous products. It serves dentists, laboratories, institutions, other healthcare professionals, veterinarians, other animal health professionals, production animal operators, and animal health product retailers. The company was formerly known as Patterson Dental Company and changed its name to Patterson Companies, Inc. in June 2004. Patterson Companies, Inc. was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

History

The company traces its roots through division Patterson Dental Supply back to one established in 1878 named Patterson Dental Company. It remained focused solely on the dental products market until the 21st century when it branched out into the veterinary supplies market through 2 large acquisitions, JA Webster in 2001 and ProVet in 2004. For about 130 years it dealt only in dental supplies. It began selling rehabilitation supplies in 2004 after acquiring Ability One Products Corporation followed by Medco the same year.It went public on the Nasdaq in 1992 with an IPO of around 480 million dollars.Key dates and events

1987 - Acquired D.L. Saslow Co another major distributor

1993 - Started doing business outside of the US by purchasing Healthco Canada.

1997 - purchased software developer Eaglesoft Inc a company founded by Scott R. Kabbes who 6 years later was made president of Patterson Dental Company. It later became Patterson Technology Center

2004 - CAESY Patient Education Systems was acquired. It is used by the company to provide information relating to treatment procedures for patients. As a subsidiary the company retained its name.

July 2004 - was renamed Patterson Companies Inc because by then it was not only in the business of dental equipment distribution, it also made software, served the veterinary market and supplied products for general medical use. Until that time it was named Patterson Dental Company.

Dec 2008 - Patterson acquires Dolphin Imaging and Management Solutions to enhance their software portfolio to include Dolphin's dental specialty treatment planning and practice management software.

Mission

Our mission is to lead select specialty markets in creating value for our customers and growth for our company through our products, services, technology and relationships, while providing personal and professional growth for our employees. Patterson employees hold tightly to our core values of partnership, integrity and innovation.

Vision

Patterson Companies, Inc. is striving to become the best value-added distributor for our customers, providing comprehensive products and services, software and technology, and equipment in dental and animal health.

Key Team

Mr. Kevin M. Pohlman (Pres of Animal Health International, Inc.)

Mr. Kevin Barry (Interim Chief Financial Officer)

Mr. Dave M. Lardy (Chief Information Officer)

Mr. John M. Wright (VP of Investor Relations)

Ms. Shivani Prabhakar Kaul (Chief Compliance Officer)

Mr. Paul A. Guggenheim (Chief Innovation Officer)

Mr. Tim E. Rogan (Pres of Dental)

Recognition and Awards

Patterson Companies, Inc. has won numerous awards, including being named a Top Workplace by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and a Best Place to Work by American Express.