Archive for the ‘Announcement’ Category
Friday, March 30th, 2012
Irish machine vision firm Crest Solutions has announced an investment in a similar firm in Belgium. Based in Mechelen, VistaLink is the largest vision integration company in the Benelux. The investment is meant to create opportunities for growth and scale, merging the expertise and resources of both companies. A growing team ...
Posted in Announcement | Add Comment »
Monday, March 19th, 2012
Sanofi and Pluromed Inc. announced on Friday that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sanofi is to acquire Pluromed Inc., a medical device company based in Woburn, MA. Pluromed has developed a proprietary polymer technology, called Rapid Transition Polymers (RTP), pioneering the use of injectable plugs to ...
Posted in Announcement | Add Comment »
Friday, February 17th, 2012
The provider of stabilising technologies for proteins and vaccines Leukocare based in Munich, Germany, has been awarded 2011’s “Biotechnology Investment Opportunity Award”, by the independent research consultancy Frost & Sullivan. In the citation for the 2011 European Biotechnology Industry Early Stage Investment Opportunity Award, Frost & Sullivan focuses on the innovative ...
Posted in Announcement | Add Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Announcement | Add Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Announcement, medtechinsider | Add Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Announcement, medtechinsider | Add Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Announcement, medtechinsider | Add Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Announcement | Add Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Announcement, Materials, Trade Shows | Add Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Announcement, Materials | Add Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Announcement, Trade Associations | Add Comment »
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."
Posted in Announcement, Business News | Add Comment »
