Select country ▾ About Coloplast Investor Relations Sustainability News & Press Career Products Contact About Coloplast Our story Mission: Making life easier Vision and values Business Ethics and Compliance Corporate structure Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors Company brochure Social media 60th Anniversary A simple solution that makes a difference The Coloplast story begins back in the early 1950s. Elise Sørensen is a nurse. Her sister Thora has just had an ostomy operation and is afraid to go out in public, fearing that her stoma might leak. Listening to her sister’s problems, Elise conceives the idea of the world’s first adhesive ostomy bag. Based on Elise’s idea, Aage Louis-Hansen, a civil engineer and plastics manufacturer, and his wife Johanne Louis-Hansen, a trained nurse, created the ostomy bag. An ostomy bag that helps Thora – and thousands of people like her – to live the life they want to lead. Coloplast was founded in 1957. Today, our business includes Ostomy Care, Continence Care, Wound & Skin Care and Interventional Urology. We operate globally and employ about 12,500 employees. We are Coloplast Show video Facebook Instagram YouTube LinkedIn About us Our history Mission & values Sustainability Corporate structure E-invoice Investor Relations Announcements Events Annual reports Share information Corporate governance Investor contact Press News Press releases Downloads Press contact Careers Global jobs Working at Coloplast Students and graduates Products Ostomy care Continence care Wound care Skin care Interventional Urology Share price 1096 -19 Share price (DKK) COLO B / CPH Updated 15:59 Coloplast Group - Holtedam 1 - Humlebaek - DK 3050 - Denmark Cookie Policy - Terms of Use - Privacy Notice - Coloplast products - instructions for use - EU Declarations of Conformity