Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Patient monitoring equipment made in China is recording healthy growth in eastern Europe thanks, in part, to the global recession, according to a new report published by InMedica. Worth an estimated €52.4 million in 2009, the east European market for patient monitoring devices contracted sharply as the recession took hold, ...
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Custom thermoformer Prent Corp. has announced that it has opened two new facilities: one in Holbaek near Copenhagen and the other Shanghai. The company supplies custom packaging to the medical device, electronics and consumer industries. After months of construction, the company's Danish thermoforming facility is slated to open January 4, ...
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Custom thermoforming giant Prent Corp. has announced that it is opening new facilities in Shanghai and Holbaek, Denmark. The plant in the greater Copenhagen area—the company’s first in Europe—will begin operations on 4 January 2010. The Shanghai facility went online earlier this month.
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Contract manufacturer of medical diagnostic instruments BIT Group has begun construction of a new CNC manufacturing facility in Kunshan, China. The initiative will result in improved cost efficiencies and accelerated speed-to-market of complex medical diagnostic instruments, according to the company headquartered in Schwalbach, Germany. The facility will specialise in the ...
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
The Chinese medical device market has seen constant growth over the last few years, but this trend is expected to accelerate in the near future as a result of increasing demand within the country's borders. According to a new research study titled “China Healthcare Sector Analysis”, the medical device ...
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
The pulse oximetry market may be the med-tech industry's canary in the coal mine. It is poised to be one of the first medical product sectors to experience accelerated price erosion under the influence of low-cost foreign medical devices sold in the retail market, notes Frost & Sullivan Senior Research ...
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Experts from testing laboratories, medical device manufacturers and standardisation organisations and authorities met in Shanghai on 24–25 February 2009 to discuss how to align their understanding of international standards for medical electrical equipment safety.
The conference focused on GB 9706.1-2007/IEC 60601-1. GB 9706.1-2007 is equivalent to the 2nd edition of the ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
[caption id="attachment_2296" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Moulded EMI shielding for a medical device application was among the products highlighted at the China Array stand at Medica last week."][/caption]
Don’t be misled by the name: there’s far more to China Array LLC than a cheap outsourcing opportunity. Headquartered in Pittsfield, MA, USA, the company ...
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Making good on a commitment to expand its staff presence in foreign countries, US FDA has announced plans to place more than 60 food and drug regulators worldwide over the next year. The first overseas office will be opened in Beijing before the end of the year, according to US ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Within two years, Chinese medical devices "will be very noticeable in the world market," predicts Julio A. Reategui, who directs Asia-Pacific compliance and regulatory affairs for medical imaging firm Medrad. He explains that Chinese manufacturers are adapting their regulatory standards to conform to those of their international competitors.
Chinese products previously ...
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