Utsukushima (Beautiful Fukushima) Next-Generation Medical Industry Agglomeration Project ＞ Exhibition in MEDICA ＞
Utsukushima (Beautiful Fukushima) Next-Generation Medical Industry Agglomeration Project ＞ Exhibition in MEDICA ＞
Regional Industry Tie-up program (RIT)
Exhibition in MEDICA
Others (participation in overseas exhibitions, other information)
(1) Dates: November 16 (Wed) – November 19 (Sat), 2011
(2) Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
(3) Exhibitors: approx 4,571 firms (from 64 countries) * Japanese firms: 89
(4) Visitors: 134,482 visitors (from 100 or more countries)
(5) Product Range: Medical devices
(6) Strength1: MEDICA is the world’s largest exhibition for medical devices and products, where health-care professionals, buyers and manufactures exhibit and/or visit from all over the world
Strength 2: Regional firms are able to collect real voice of buyers from all over the world regarding their own products including comments on quality, price, and customer requests as the products are available to them
Strength 3: Regional firms are able to differentiate themselves from competitors in side-by-side comparisons.
(1) Booth Scale
36 square meters at Japan Pavilion by JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), Hall 16
(2) Exhibitors (in random order)
| Name | Products |
| Fukushima University | Highly-functional endoscope |
| Nihon University College of Engineering | Optical breast cancer checker |
| Fukushima Medical University | Core institution for R&D on medical devices |
| Eyes, JAPAN Co. Ltd. | IT for medical application |
| E.S.Q Ltd. | Fine and rare metal tubes for medical use |
| TOKO CO., LTD | Special tools and precision cutting tools for medical use |
| HAYASHI SEIKI SEIZO Co., Ltd. | Surface treatment technology for medical use |
(3) Outcome
1. Business meetings: 441 meetings (37 meetings led to further discussions on delivering samples, etc. and are currently on going)
Exhibiting at MEDICA 2011 was a great opportunity for Fukushima Prefecture to reaffirm that we want to actively support regional SMEs on introducing their products and technologies worldwide.
We are considering exhibiting our booth at MEDICA 2012 as well. Please contact below for details.
