EBOS Group Limited is the largest marketer, wholesaler, and distributor of medical and pharmaceutical products in Australasia. It is also a major provider of animal care products.[2]
History
EBOS was founded in 1922 as Early Brothers Trading Company Limited in Christchurch, New Zealand. Initially the company sold lamps for horse drawn carriages, but later expanded into a broad array of goods such as heating equipment, household appliances and healthcare supplies. In the 1950s the company narrowed its business focus to healthcare and rebranded as Early Brothers Dental and Surgical Supplies Limited in 1954. EBOS Dental and Surgical Supplies was listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange in 1967 and formally rebranded as EBOS Group Limited in 1986. EBOS first entered the Australian market in 1996 and was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2013.[3][4] EBOS attained a position in the S&P/NZX 50 in 2006, was added to the S&P/NZX 10 in 2022[1]