Gilbert Achermann
Chairman of the Board
of Directors Straumann
Holding AG |
«The medical technology industry promotes prosperity and a high quality of life, which is why it is an important mainstay of the Swiss economy. The combination of innovation, technology and services is the foundation for sustainable success. Switzerland is ideally placed to assume a leading role in this regard - and also as a congress location.»
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Dr. Patrick Dümmler
Managing Director
Medtech Switzerland |
«Switzerland has a very high degree of specialization in medical technology; the economic performance of this sector amounts to about 2 percent of the GDP. But this strength would not be possible without the high share of exports, which is what is really turning Switzerland into one of the most significant locations for medical technology worldwide. For that reason the time has come for Switzerland to initiate and host an international forum for medical technology.»
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Peter Koemeter
Managing Director COO
Früh Verpackungstechnik AG |
«For many Swiss medical technology companies, striving for maximum standards over decades has resulted in an excellent research and fabrication quality. With about 750 medical technology companies, Switzerland has the highest density in this sector in all of Europe.This industry is a major contributor to the success of Switzerland as a production site. It is right to be able to offer such an industry an appropriate platform for the cross-border presentation of their know-how. With the WMTF, it will be possible to close this gap.»
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Daniel Müller
Chief Executive Officer/ Owner, Leitner AG
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The presentation of innovative power and fabrication possibilities in a concentrated form, as it is showcased at the World Medtech Forum Lucerne, will show how much potential our country’s workers have to offer to medical technology in terms of intellectual and technical achievements. Reaching such high standards in medical technology is strongly linked to the outstanding quality of the Swiss education system, as well as to our employees’ positive attitudes about work on all levels. These success factors make it possible for us to appear at the very top of medical technology. Let’s show international medical technology that Lucerne has many faces, let’s use this opportunity to show international medical technology our strengths and discuss them! |
Hugo Mathys
Chairman of the Board
of Directors Mathys AG Bettlach |
«Thanks to its tradition in medical technology, Switzerland has excellent specialists and experts – and this is essential for us. It results in tremendous innovative power and an openness towards new ideas. We can only support the fact that the World Medtech Forum Lucerne is being established here in the heart of Switzerland. The forum will contribute to strengthening and expanding Switzerland’s reputation as one of the leading centers for medical technology; and this is perfectly in line with our company’s credo: ‹together with passion›».
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Prof. Dr. Lutz-P. Nolte
Head CTI Medtech, Commission for Technology and Innovation CTI |
«Switzerland has established itself as one of the most successful locations in the medical technology sector worldwide. Efficient networks, young start-ups,
skilled personnel and specialists in companies and research institutions are the success factors for our great innovative power. The broad spectrum of the World Medtech Forum Lucerne offers all of the key players in the innovation process a suitable platform. As the Confederation’s innovation promotion agency, CTI fully supports this event.»
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Jürg Ryffel
Partner Zühlke Engineering |
«We support our domestic and international customers as they get started with medical technology and implement their ideas. At the same time we show them the criteria for successful products or components, along with the possibilities offered by cross-industry approaches. What is especially important to us is know-how transfer between science and research and our commitment to start-up companies. The concept of the World Medtech Forum Lucerne coincides with these objectives and supports our goals.» |
Peter M. Steinmann
Regional Vice President, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Johnson & Johnson Medical |
«The key to the best health care lies in the innovative solutions provided by medical technology. Switzerland can set an example here! Thanks to the high technical competence in research, development and the collaboration with physicians, this country has a positive climate for innovation – all to benefit the patients. Switzerland has been and continues to be an important and strategic location for Johnson & Johnson’s research and production.»
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Prof. Dr. Roland Siegwart
Vice President Research
and Corporate Relations
ETH Zurich |
«New technologies are playing an increasingly significant role in medicine – from prevention and diagnostics all the way to the operating room. Since the founding of their joint Institute for Biomedical Technology forty years ago, ETH and the University of Zurich have been among the international pioneers in this area. ETH Zurich is now advancing a step further by establishing its new department of ‹Health Sciences and Technology›. The Medtech Forum will strengthen and focus this pioneering spirit even further, while helping our new department spread its wings.» |
Philipp Tholen
Director of the Medical Technology Division, Gemü GmbH |
«As a plastics supplier for the medical technology sector that has the highest possible quality standards, we are constantly looking for contact and an exchange of ideas with the most important players in the medical technology industry. The World Medtech Forum Lucerne offers us a suitable platform to meet the right partners and focus on engaging in efficient discussions. This way we can constantly monitor and expand the competitiveness of our skills and services.»
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Andy Tonazzi
CEO konplan
systemhaus ag |
«I think this is a perfect time for a Swiss Medical Technology Fair. To companies that are not yet supplying the medtech market, the World Medtech Forum Lucerne will show the opportunities as well as challenges of the sophisticated medical technology market.»
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Margit Widmann
Director of the Medical Technology Division Swissmedic |
«In terms of regulation for product – and therefore patient – safety, medical technology is going through a process of rapid change as a result of new technologies, the increasing economic significance of the sector and the growing product diversity. Medical technology is a living industry with short product development cycles, characterized by innovations and constant adjustments. For that reason an international and interdisciplinary exchange of exper-iences is essential for continued development – and the WMTF will make a valuable contribution here.» |
