Exhibition Programme

MEDTEC Europe is the meeting platform for the who-is-who of the European medical device manufacturing industry.

Meet the leading suppliers of the international medical manufacturing Industry at MEDTEC Europe.
At MEDTEC Europe, you will have the opportunity to see and explore the latest advances in medical grade materials; components; electronics; assembly, production and processing machinery; manufacturing technologies and support services.

You will also see hands-on displays and live demonstrations of computer-aided design, packaging materials and machinery, sterilization, quality systems, device communications and enterprise-wide networking for cost-efficient manufacturing.

Product design and manufacturing solutions will be available for every medical specialty, including cardiovascular, orthopaedics, radiology and medical imaging, critical and emergency care, surgery, anesthesiology and pulmonary medicine, home healthcare, sports medicine and rehabilitation, in-vitro diagnostics and general hospital supplies and equipment.

In addition to sourcing and selecting new suppliers, you'll have the opportunity to explore other business building relationships with MEDTEC Europe exhibitors, including distributorships, production sharing, technology licensing, buyer-supplier alliances, partnerships and joint ventures.

MEDTEC Europe can be categorised in general into the following nine interest zones:

Imaging and diagnostic electronic devices as well as a wide range of specific application devices.

Medical Automation: Technology to automate your manufacturing process from custom automation, assembly technology and robotics to motion control.

Medical Cleanroom: Cleanroom and Contamination Control Technology for the medical device manufacturing industry.

Medical Metals: Specialty medical grade alloys, processors, CNC, ultrasonic and laser technology for the manufacturers of precision medical parts for surgical devices, interventional cardio devices and orthopaedics technology.

Medical Packaging: Packaging solutions ranging from filling technology to packaging materials and from manufacturers of disposable products to outsourcers.

Medical Plastics: Medical grade plastics raw materials, outsourcers and processors for the medical disposables, packaging and drug delivery business.

Medical Rapid Manufacturing: Medical Rapid Manufacturing unites the rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing, as well as digitising and scanning technologies and features also CAD/CAE/CAM software.

Medical Testing: QA/QC is featured with its full variety of technology and products for the different testing needs such as durability and reliability, product certification and approval, leaking and hardness etc.

For the first time in 2012 MEDTEC Europe will feature a special interest pavilion for IVD Manufacturing Manufacturers of IVD kits and testing equipment will find in this dedicated zone OEMs and technologies that are specifically aimed at their needs.

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- Fri, 24 May 2013 07:10:30 +0000

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- Wed, 22 May 2013 20:41:57 +0000

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- Wed, 22 May 2013 18:45:38 +0000

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- Wed, 22 May 2013 09:27:00 +0000

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- Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:05 +0000

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- Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:08 +0000

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- Fri, 17 May 2013 08:58:46 +0000

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PM Abe Pins Japan’s Economic Recovery on Medical Industry; MEDTEC Japan Validates Strategy

- Thu, 16 May 2013 17:39:05 +0000

The timing could not have been better for MEDTEC Japan 2013. Just one month before the show, which was held on 24 and 25 April 2013, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed that he would aggressively promote the medical device industry, which he characterised as one of the few sectors that can shore up the [...]

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- Thu, 16 May 2013 17:05:57 +0000

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- Wed, 15 May 2013 16:25:50 +0000

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