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Inventories
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
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9.Inventories

At December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, inventories consisted of the following:

Inventories

in € K

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2025

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2024

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Finished goods

 

1,251,141

 

1,182,034

Healthcare supplies

 

413,453

 

417,475

Raw materials and purchased components

 

329,299

 

344,311

Work in process

 

146,878

 

124,102

Inventories

 

2,140,771

 

2,067,922

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Under the terms of certain unconditional purchase agreements, the Company is obligated to purchase approximately €396,702 of materials, of which €246,754 is committed at December 31, 2025 for 2026 (€278,139 and €191,982, respectively, at December 31, 2024 for 2025). The terms of these agreements run 1 to 5 years. Further unconditional purchase agreements exist with an equity method investee of the Company. For further information on these agreements, see note 6.

Write-downs of inventories amounted to €135,005 and €116,358 for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.