Mikron Automation to exhibit in three cities within 14 days

Boudry, Switzerland: –Assembly and test solutions specialist Mikron Automation is to make repeat appearances at three MEDTEC events in China, Ireland and Italy, underlining the importance of medical devices and pharmaceutical products to its business.

The Mikron Automation teams will be heading for Shanghai on September 25, to Ireland on October 1st and to Italy on October 8th.

Mikron’s stands at all three shows will emphasize the latest developments of its proven automation platforms, such as Mikron EcoLine™ and Mikron G05™ that allow progressive investment from the Proof of Principle stations, through a pilot line to create a fully integrated mass production line made of fully automated processes. Mikron Automation will also highlight its feeding platforms, such as G05 Tray Handler™ and flexible feeding system Mikron Polyfeed™.

Medical process expertise

The Mikron Automation team will also have details about the company’s comprehensive medical qualification support services and consultancy that help meet GAMP 5 and 21 CFR part 11 standards.

“The MEDTEC shows provide us with great opportunities to connect with existing and new partners in the pharma and medical devices production sectors,” ” said Jean-François Bauer, Head of Marketing and Business Development for Mikron Automation.

“Our exhibition teams will be able to explain at first hand our capabilities on designing, manufacturing and delivering high performance assembly and test solutions, as well as Mikron’s impressive expertise in medical processes and validation,” said Mr. Bauer.

Life sciences commitment

“Exhibiting at these shows also allows Mikron Automation to demonstrates its commitment to the medical devices and pharmaceutical sector and deepen our knowledge of emerging trends and needs in automated assembly, test solutions and medical processes,” he added.

Mikron Automation can be found at Booth F301 at MEDTEC China, Shanghai, on Stand 511 at MEDTEC Ireland and at booth 1146 at MEDTEC Italy.

These appearances are part of a busy programme of trade show appearances for the Swiss-based automation specialist, which recently exhibited at the Medical Manufacturing Asia Exhibition in Singapore. The company has also announced plans to be present at the PDA Conference in California on October 6-8, at the P-MEC Show, part of CPhI Worldwide in Paris on October 7-9 and at the Pack Expo international event in Chicago on November 2-5.

About Mikron Automation

Mikron Automation is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of customized, highly productive automation solutions for high-precision assembly and testing of products. Headquartered near Boudry in Switzerland’s watchmaking heartland, Mikron Automation has more than a century’s experience in designing and building high precision machinery and 40 years experience in process equipment, continuously innovating to supply optimum solutions to the pharmaceutical, medical and other industries.

The company builds highly efficient and automated assembly platforms, feeding platforms and customer-specific assembly systems that can handle up to 400 parts per minute to accuracies of <0.02mm, applicable across more than 300 specific processes. For the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, Mikron Automation products can be applied and expanded from pilot line to fully automatic assembly line scale and are engineered to meet special conditions for clean room ISO 7 (class 10,000) applications, validated to GAMP 5 and US Food and Drug Administration 21 CFR part 11 standards.

To date, Mikron Automation has installed more than 3000 assembly and testing systems for customers worldwide. The division employs around 570 people at Boudry and its other sites in Berlin (Germany), Denver (USA), Singapore and Shanghai (China). All sites meet ISO 9001 standards, with Boudry certified to ISO 14001 and Singapore to ISO 13485.

The company, along with Mikron Machining Systems and Mikron Cutting Tools, is part of the Mikron Group that markets machining and automation solutions worldwide to the automotive, medical devices, pharmaceutical, consumer goods, watchmaking and other industries.

About MEDTEC

MEDTEC is billed as the world’s leading series of events for medical device technologies, with combined conferences and exhibitions covering most of the leading markets.

The shows bring together medical device companies and advanced technology providers to discuss and share the latest product developments, research and innovations in healthcare.

• MEDTEC China will be staged September 25-26, 2014 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre
• MEDTEC Ireland will be held October 1-2, 2014 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway
• MEDTEC Italy will take place October 8-9, 2014, at Modena’s Fiere Center

UBM Canon organizes all three conferences, along with MEDTEC events for the UK, Europe and India.

More information at:
http://www.medtecchina.com/index.php?page=home-en
http://medtec-italy.com/index.php?page=home-en
http://www.medtecireland.com