Alcon
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thumb|Alcon offices in Johns Creek, Georgia Alcon Inc. () is a Swiss-American pharmaceutical and medical device company specializing in eye care products. Alcon is incorporated in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, and its global headquarters are located in Geneva, but its main operational base is in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, where it employs about 4,500 people.
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Alcon is a company established in 1945. It operates in the ophthalmic goods industry. The organization is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Alcon is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ALC. Its fiscal year ends on December 31. The entity type is classified as other.
The company develops innovative eye care treatments. It maintains an active status.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, SEC EDGAR, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Alcon Inc.
- Company.native_name
- Alcon AG
- Company.native_name_lang
- de
- Company.logo
- Alcon Logo 2019.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 200px
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.foundation
- in Fort Worth, Texas, US
- Company.location_city
- Geneva
- Company.location_country
- Switzerland
- Company.key_people
- David Endicott (CEO)
- Company.industry
- Ophthalmology
- Company.revenue
- (2024)
- Company.operating_income
- (2024)
- Company.net_income
- (2024)
- Company.assets
- (2024)
- Company.equity
- (2024)
- Company.num_employees
- 25,599 (FTE, 2024)
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
ALC- Industry
- Ophthalmic Goods
- Exchange
- NYSE
- State of incorporation
- V8
- Entity type
- other
- Latest filing
- SD · 2026-05-15
via SEC EDGAR
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1945
- Location
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.508923.5
Official website
Alcon: Developing Innovative Eye Care Treatments
Our mission is to provide innovative vision products that enhance quality of life by helping people see better. From vision research to eye health, learn more at Alcon.com.
alcon.com →Link to the official site · 1,977 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- organization
- Part of
- Swiss Market Index
- Country
- Switzerland
- Headquarters
- Geneva
- Parent organization
- Novartis
- Industry
- pharmaceutical industry
- Stock exchange
- Swiss Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- Aktiengesellschaft
- Official website
- www.alcon.com
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- Commons category
- Alcon
- inception
- 1945-01-01
- location of formation
- Fort Worth
- product or material produced
- surgical instrument
- stock market index
- Swiss Market Index
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
- References
- External links
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