Buyer’s Guide 2012 Update: Manufacturing Equipment

In cooperation with Engel and Transcoject, Zahoransky is exhibiting an adhesive-free, fully automatic production line for disposable syringes at the Medtec fair in Stuttgart. Zahoransky has developed a highly efficient needle separating system (the NFS) for this purpose, which can process as many as 400 needles per minute.

Buyer’s Guide 2012 Update: Manufacturing Services

Teleflex Medical OEM, a global leader in surgical instruments for orthopaedic and spinal procedures, has introduced a high-performance device specifically designed for cutting extremely strong cobalt chromium and titanium rods. Custom-configured rod cutters are the sort of products the contractor specializes in developing and producing.

Buyer’s Guide 2012 Update: Electrical/Electronic Components

Comp-Mall offers medical equipment manufacturers the compact Model EBC-2102 fanless embedded automation PC, which is equipped with a choice of Intel Atom D525 1.8-GHz dual core, a D425 1.8-GHz dual-core or N455 1.66-GHz single-core processor. Low power consumption allows fanless operation between –10° and 50°C.

An introduction to medical device law and current legal issues will be provided by MedInform on March 27 and 28, 2012, in Bonn, via the “Foundation and Advanced Seminar on Medical Device Law.” MedInform is the medical technology information and seminar service organized by BVMed, which supplies the seminar moderator.

Philipp Wittmann has taken over the management of the Austrian healthcare cluster Gesundheits-Cluster (GC), effective January 1, 2012. Wittmann has been active within the network for more than five years and, as an experienced project manager, was viewed as the outstanding candidate during the multipart job application process.

The Medisiams trade show for West Switzerland suppliers will take place under the same roof as the World Medtech Forum Lucerne (WMTF) for the first time this year. This is the result of a decision made by Medical Cluster, Medtech Switzerland, Siams S.A. and Messe Luzern AG. The events take place in Lucerne September 25–27, 2012.