About Us

OPED stands for innovative medical products, comprehensive therapy concepts and fresh impulses in medical technology. The personal care of our customers is as much a concern to us as the accompaniment of the patients until their complete recovery.

About OPED

OPED, founded 1993 near Munich, is a market leader in the field of orthoses in Germany and Switzerland. The company has operations at six locations worldwide with over 500 employees worldwide. OPED supports hospitals, health professionals, users and patients with its innovative treatment opportunities. With comprehensive after-care concepts, patients are looked after from the start of their medical care until their full recovery.

Our Vision

“We solve health issues better and faster than anybody else.”

OPED develops, manufactures and sells trend-setting product concepts in the field of our core competence – modern Orthosis.

Replacing the uncomfortable plaster cast with a light, functional vacuum splint was the vision of the OPED founders. Their vision became reality in 1993, when the VACOped – still the most successful OPED product, even today – came onto the market. However, the OPED spirit of invention was in no way satisfied with just the VACOped, which is the state-of-the-art treatment nowadays. The product range has been expanded to encompass an entire family of vacuum orthoses. Whether it is torn ligaments, Achilles tendon rupture or a fractured wrist: OPED products offer optimum care with the highest degree of mobility and hygiene.

START
  • 1992 / 1993

    Andreas Haßler, Engineer and Ski boot developer, Professor Dr. Peter Habermeyer and his brother Stephan Habermeyer found the OPED GmbH for orthopedic products in a former pigsty in the Upper Bavarian Valley. The vision: The young company wants to offer a modern alternative to decades-old plaster with a revolutionary vacuum rail. OPED starts with venture capital and state subsidies. The basic structure consists of the parent company OPED AG (Switzerland) and the subsidiary OPED GmbH, Valley (Germany).

  • 2008

    Off to new shores or better once around half the world – OPED establishes an official branch office Down Under: OPED Australia Pty Ltd.

  • 2010

    At the end of 2010, OPED has to move. The pigsty has not offered enough space for a long time. The management and employees will find a new home in the new Valley Medical Park initiated by OPED.

  • 2010

    OPED expands further and founds Valife GmbH. There, practical everyday aids for people with orthoses or casts are available for purchase. From shower protection for the arm or leg to height compensation, everything that makes everyday life easier with an acute injury to the arm, leg or shoulder is available here.

  • 2011

    Another market is waiting to be conquered. After Australia, OPED is now moving to the island. In the United Kingdom, the subsidiary opens OPED United Kingdom Ltd.

  • 2012

    Outgrown again. To meet the steadily growing demand, the medical park will be modernized, expanded and ceremoniously opened in 2012.

  • 2013

    To gain a foothold in the wound care segment, OPED set up a logistics center for wound care in Schwaig near Nuremberg in 2013.

  • 2014

    The expansion continues. This time OPED moves to Asia. In Taiwan, OPED Asia-Pacific Co. Ltd. is founded as the third official subsidiary worldwide.

  • 2015

    OPED wants to conquer the world. Just one year after the last start-up, it is time for a new adventure. The land of unlimited possibilities calls, the subsidiary OPED Medical Inc in the USA opens its doors.

  • 2015

    But also on the home market something is happening again. OPED acquires a stake in Crawford Healthcare GmbH, which is also located in the medical park.

  • 2017

    In order to cover the Australian market even better, OPED buys the company oapl together with a large sales force and branches in almost all parts of the country.

  • 2018

    Opening of the new production and logistics center “Medizinpark 2” with an investment of 18 million euros. Intelligent transport robots from the company “Servus” supply the assembly stations from the high-bay warehouse and make just-in-time delivery to customers possible. This means that over 10,000 m² of commercial space is now available.

  • 2019

    OPED buys the Australian company OPC Health and thereby expands the Australian market once again.

  • 2020

    Acquisition of the medical supply store chain Lückenotto. As a result, OPED, as a service provider, is expanding its service area even further.

  • 2020

    Through the acquisition of the Hartlieb medical supply store group, OPED expands its patient care close to home with numerous medical supply stores in Baden Württemberg.