Swiss Pavilion at MD&M West

Medtech Switzerland, the new export platform of the Swiss Government supporting more than 1400 medical technology companies, is hosting 13 firms at the Swiss Pavilion 2831/2930 in Hall C during MD&M West, February 8-10, 2011, reports Frank Ustar, Trade Commissioner for Switzerland Trade and Investment Promotion.

Plan to visit representatives of:

• Abatec (Americas) Inc (keypads, connectors, assemblies for electronic IO devices)
• Agie Charmilles (wire, EDM, CNC, die sinking machines and related equipment)
• Bloesch Corporation (metallization and coatings for medical devices)
• BW-TEC (PTCA and PTA production machinery)
• Gemue GmbH (clean room processing and assembling, injection molding)
• Metallux SA (ceramic pressure sensors for pumps and drug delivery systems)
• MicroCrystal (miniature quartz crystals, clocks, oscillators)
• Netstal Machinery Inc. (high output injection molding machines)
• Renata Batteries (miniature batteries)
• Rene Gerber AG (brushing, polishing, deburring machines)
• Safrima AG (precision surgical instruments, implants)
• Tornos Technologies (Swiss-type turning centers, multi-spindle lathes)
• Willemin-Macodel Inc. (multi-axis high-precision machining centers)

“Switzerland has the highest per capita concentration of medical technology companies anywhere in the world, 90% of which are active in foreign markets,” Ustar says.  “Moreover, 16% of all Swiss patent applications involve medical technology compared to only 6% world-wide.”

Above-average investment in R&D, short innovation cycles, strong international orientation with a highly educated workforce drawing on international talent as the foundation are major contributors to the success and further growth of the Swiss bio-medical sector.