Originally Published EMDM March/April 2002
INDUSTRY NEWS
Shows and ConferencesAvail Opens Technology Centre
Avail Medical Products Inc., a medical disposables manufacturer, has opened a new 10,000-sq-ft technology and development centre in Dallas, TX, USA. The new site will enable the company to help its customers to design and engineer new products quickly.
The tech centre provides turnkey solutions for product development and contract manufacturing. Development activities begin with design input conferences, brainstorming meetings, project planning, and risk analysis. The next stage is conceptual design renderings, mock-ups and models, and working prototypes. Products then move into preliminary computer-aided design modelling, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, and preproduction testing.
"Because our technical design support resides in-house, our customers will save time and money. We design devices to be built, integrating initial concepts effectively into our manufacturing processes," says Fred Borsini, vice president of technology and development at Avail. The company also recently opened a 40,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico. The facility is capable of producing more than half a million parts per month.
For more information, contact Avail, 7594 Trade St., San Diego, CA, USA; phone: +1 866 5522112; fax: +1 858 5587264; e-mail: info@availmed.com; Internet: www.availmed.com.
Industrial Fair Highlights Seven Industry Sectors
The Hannover Fair, to be held 15–20 April in Hannover, Germany, comprises seven separate trade fairs: factory automation, microtechnology, logistics, surface technology, energy, subcontracting technology, and research and technology. More than 7200 exhibitors from 60 nations will showcase the newest technologies and trends in industry.
For more information, contact Deutsche Messe AG, Messegelände, D-30521 Hannover, Germany; phone: +49 511 8932626; Internet: www.hannovermesse.de.
Moulding Conference Convenes in Barcelona
Injection Moulding 2002 will provide a forum for discussing the latest advances in the injection moulding industry. The conference is to be held 18–19 March at the Fira Palace Hotel in Barcelona, Spain. The two-day event covers all plastic injection moulding processes from material selection to finishing techniques.
For more information, contact Rapra Technology Ltd., Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR, UK; phone: +44 1939 250383; fax: +44 1939 251118; e-mail: conferences@rapra.net; Internet: www.rapra.net.
Analytica Showcases Life Sciences
An international trade fair for instrumental analysis, laboratory technology, and biotechnology is to be held 23–26 April at the New Trade Fair Centre in München. More than 1000 exhibitors and 30,000 trade visitors are expected at Analytica 2002.
For more information, contact the Analytica Press Office, Messe München GmbH, D-81823 München, Germany; phone: +49 899 4920380; fax: +49 899 4920389; e-mail: richter-maierhofer@messe-muenchen.de; Internet: www.analytica.de.
ABHI Conference Covers Regulatory Issues
The annual Association of British Healthcare Industries conference, to be held on 25–26 April in London, will review the current European regulatory environment. This conference includes a review of notified bodies and possible reforms of medical device directives. The event provides the opportunity to hear from key players in the device industry.
For more information, contact IBC Global Conferences Ltd., Gilmoora House 77-61, Mortimer Street, London W1W 8HS, UK; phone: +44 20 4535564; fax: +44 20 74532090; e-mail: joanne.roberts@ informa.com; Internet: www.abhi.org.
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