The business environment in the medical technologies field is undergoing substantial changes world wide. To manage these challenges, successful enterprises will need to integrate a creative and strategic approach to risk reduction and contingency planning. Assessing new business models and choosing between strategic alliances or mergers and acquisitions as options to traditional business building could become a central element of the changing medtech landscape. On April 10th, 2013, (…)

At the next Medtec Europe, Daetwyler Industries will present the microwaterjet system. This high-precision waterjet system revolutionizes the possible applications of this method of processing We can only get cost-effective solutions while maintaining a high level of quality by optimizing manufacturing. To meet this objective Daetwyler Industries, the Swiss company, will present in Stuttgart a new cutting method that combines the accuracy of EDM wire equipment and laser cutting to the (…)

Medtec Europe is regarded as a leading platform for medical technology. Leading suppliers and customers from the sector will come together in Stuttgart between 26 and 28 February 2013 to gain an insight into current developments and also take a look into the future. At the Medtec Europe 2013, Arburg and z-microsystems will produce so-called bottom layers for a lab-on-chip application as demonstration parts. Photo: z-microsystems. Arburg will be on hand as exhibitor with a high-end (…)

Japan is the world’s second largest market for medical technology products with an estimated worth in 2010 of CHF 28.2 billion. Since 2009, the market has grown 6.4 %, a factor largely the result of an increasing aging population and a high demand for cutting-edge, innovative technologies. The Medtech Switzerland/ Osec evening seminar on the Japanese medtech market offers Swiss medtech companies a beginner´s perspective on the industry, its opportunities, and the first steps involved in (…)

Preparations for this year’s Medtec Europe, which has taken place in Stuttgart since 2002, are already in full swing. Between 26 and 28 February 2013 Stuttgart will once again host the coming-together of the crème-de-la crème of the medical technology sector. Medtec Europe has become the meeting place for the medical device community across Europe. Held in Stuttgart, close to one of the region’s largest hubs, Medtec Europe brings together engineers and executives from manufacturers and (…)

Medtec Europe is the largest annual European medical device event and is taking place in Stuttgart on February 26 to 28, 2013. Next year’s programme of conferences has just been announced. The event brings together over 1,000 exhibitors and 14,000 visitors alongside over 150 industry leaders that attend the Medtec Europe conference. This event is the perfect place to network with your peers and hear from the global manufacturers about the challenges and obstacles they face. A la carte (…)

Next spring the Medical Cluster, RMS Foundation and inspire will organise the conference [MEET THE EXPERT] Implants. This event will take place on April 22-23, 2013 at the Congress Centre Kursaal Interlaken. The goal of the conference is to offer a platform for discussion and knowledge transfer between individuals active in the implant field. In addition to keynote lectures, short presentations (15 min.) of current projects from select companies will be given and discussed. To ensure a (…)

In less than two weeks Switzerland will unveil its largest medtech-centered event to date – the World Medtech Forum in Lucerne (Sept. 25-27). Over three days the Forum will tie together a trade fair (mediSIAMS being the microtechnology manufacturing section of the event), structured partnering events, workshops and a one-of-a-kind conference targeted at chief decision makers and executives from the international medtech sector. mediSIAMS offers the perfect medical environment to companies (…)

Valtronic Switzerland officially opened a new 1600 sqm state of the art orthopaedic production facility across the street from its headquarters in the Valley de Joux. "Thanks to great team spirit and commitment of the whole team the move worked out ideally and validation of equipment went according to plan," stated Dr. Martin Zimmermann, Director of the Precision Manufacturing Center. "The mechanical workshop is now up and running in an improved environment and we are looking forward to (…)

Join Medtech Switzerland on a special suppliers and service providers medtech delegation trip to the US on October 29 – November 1, 2012. Minneapolis, MN. Minnesota is a growing hot spot for medical technologies in the US. Nearly 80 per cent of the private sector biobusiness technology jobs in Minnesota today are involved in medical devices, with employment in this sector 43 per cent greater than in the US as a whole. With annual revenues of over USD 11 billion, Minnesota is home to (…)