Archive for the ‘Announcement’ Category

Raumedic Telemetry System Nominated for Medica Excellence Award 2011

Monday, November 14th, 2011

The „Medica Excellence Award” will be awarded for the first time this year on occasion of Medica, the international specialist fair for medical engineering taking place in Düsseldorf this week. Under the patronage of the German Federal Minister for Health Daniel Bahr, an outstanding innovative solution, which has been set up ...

UBM Canon’s 2012 Medical Design Excellence Awards Calls for Entries

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) program is accepting entries for its 2012 competition from companies and individuals worldwide involved in the design, engineering, manufacture or distribution of finished medical devices or medical packaging products. The MDEA is presented by UBM Canon and sponsored by MD+DI (Medical Device and Diagnostic ...

Fort Wayne Metals Adds ISO 13485 Certification

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Fort Wayne Metals has established a quality-management system for the contract manufacturing of round wire and cable components, assemblies, extrusion coating and other components used in both nonimplantable and implantable medical devices. The company now is an ISO 13485-certified contract manufacturer of medical device components. This latest certification is in addition ...

MEDTEC EMDT Innovation Awards to Honour Outstanding Products, Companies and Individuals

Friday, August 26th, 2011

UBM Canon has introduced a major new initiative to recognise the contributions made by Europe’s medical technology industry to improving quality of life and human health around the world. The MEDTEC EMDT Innovation Awards will be presented during MEDTEC Europe, the premier medical manufacturing event for the pan-European marketplace, in ...

Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Raumedic Team Up to Develop Fluid Systems and New Tubing Technology

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

The French pharma and biotech supplier Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB) and Raumedic, OEM manufacturer of medical- and pharmaceutical-grade polymer components and systems, announced the signing of a global partnership ...

Invibio Honoured by Medical Design Excellence Awards

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) has honoured Invibio Biomaterial Solutions, developer of implantable polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymers as supplier to NEOS Surgery SL. NEOS’ 2011 MDEA winning product is its Cranial LOOP nonmetallic, cranial fixation device for postcraniotomy bone flap fixation. The innovative Cranial LOOP design is made possible by ...

SABIC Resins Help GE Healthcare Nail Ever-Toughening Requirements for New Medical Equipment

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

SABIC Innovative Plastics today announced that GE Healthcare has selected Valox resin for the housing and Xylex resin for the storage bins of its new Optima XR220amx1 mobile x-ray machine to meet the increasing demands placed on medical equipment. According to a press release issued by SABIC, these high-performance resins helped ...

Swiss Medtech at China International Medical Equipment Fair

Monday, February 7th, 2011

At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Swiss federal counselor Johann Schneider-Ammann and his Chinese counterpart officially launched free trade negotiations. That means that compared to other Western countries, Switzerland is in a pole position to benefit from the growing Chinese market. The export platform for the Swiss ...

Sensirion Wins “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Swiss sensor manufacturer Sensirion has been honoured with the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year 2010" award. Moritz Lechner und Felix Mayer (pictured), founders and managing directors of Sensirion, won the title in the category "High-Tech/Lifescience."

IVD Technology Launches Virtual Conference and Trade Show

Friday, September 17th, 2010

IVD Technology, the only trade media brand designed exclusively for manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic products, will launch its first Virtual Conference and Trade Show on 28 September 2010. The Virtual Conference and Trade Show, which will be an annual event, will give in vitro diagnostic OEMs multimedia, real-time access to ...

Free Webinar: How Components Are Driving Advances in Medical Device Miniaturisation and Performance

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

The next EMDT webcast titled "Innovation Inside: How Components Are Driving Advances in Medical Device Miniaturisation and Performance" will take place Tuesday, 14 September. During the one-hour webinar, industry experts from nano-electronics research center imec and semiconductor provider Texas Instruments (TI) will describe how emerging technologies are helping to make ...

Switzerland Launches New Medical Device Platform

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Switzerland has a new platform for the medical device industry: Medtech Switzerland. The Swiss Medical Cluster co-founded the platform on 9 August 2010 together with OSEC, Switzerland's official promotion agency for foreign trade. The aim of the platform is to provide manufacturers, suppliers and service providers with information about the most important ...