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 14 (Wed) – November 17 (Sat), 2012
(2) Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
(3) Exhibitors: approx. 4,554 firms (from 64 countries)
(4) Visitors: 130,600 visitors (from 120 countries)
(5) Product Range: Medical devices
(6) Strength 1: 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 the 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
80 square meters at Japan Pavilion by JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), Hall 16
(2) Exhibitors (in random order)
| Name | Products |
| P&M Co., Ltd and Nihon University College of Engineering | Non-invasive blood pressure monitor |
| E.S.Q Ltd. | Fine and rare metal tubes for medical use |
| Kaneko Manufacturing Co., Ltd | Parts for endoscopes |
| HAYASHI SEIKI SEIZO Co., Ltd. | Surface treatment technology for medical use |
| ATOM Co., Ltd and Fukushima University | Highly-functional endoscope |
| CYBERDYNE Inc | Robotic suit HAL for medical use |
| Eyes, JAPAN Co. Ltd. | IT for medical application |
| TOKO CO., LTD | Special tools and precision cutting tools for medical use |
(3) Outcome
Business meetings: 738 meetings (29 meetings led to further discussions on delivering samples, etc. and are currently on going)
Exhibiting at MEDICA 2012 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 2013 as well.
