PRESS INFORMATION - Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe

PRESS INFORMATION
Five companies with 1,100 employees only one year after formation of
the company group
Olympus Surgical UK becomes fifth member of the
Olympus Surgical Group based in Hamburg
Hamburg/Cardiff, 1 April 2011 – Only one year after the foundation of
the Hamburg-based Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe, Olympus
Surgical UK is becoming the fifth company to join the expanding
corporate network operating under a common brand. The specialist
for minimally invasive diagnostics and therapy is one of the world’s
leading manufacturers of visualization technologies and energy
platforms in medical technology.
Olympus Surgical UK has become well-known through its ‘see and treat’
solutions in the field of minimally invasive surgery. In this pioneering role,
Olympus Surgical UK offers a product platform for diagnostics (‘see’) and
therapy (‘treat’) and during the actual treatment relies on a technique
known as PK technology, an electrosurgical procedure in which the wound
created is sealed again instantly in the same process step. The Welsh
company employees 250 people.
“Olympus Surgical UK is a significant gain for our group of companies,”
says Heinz Jacqui, Managing Director of Olympus Surgical Technologies
Europe. “Electrosurgery is one of the most successful fields of application
in medical technology because the operations performed with such
techniques are gentler on the patient and help to save costs due to the
fewer complications. Olympus Surgical UK perfectly complements our
existing range of products and services and makes us a global pioneer in
this promising field for the future.“
The company in Wales, formerly part of the Gyrus group of companies, was
taken over by the worldwide parent group, the Olympus Corporation in
Japan, in 2008. A specialist in energy products, it is now becoming part of
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Olympus Surgical in Hamburg, enabling better exploitation of the synergies
derived from joint research and development through to sales.
As a high-tech specialist, Olympus Surgical is the development and
production centre within the Olympus Group for endoscopy, bipolar highfrequency
surgery, systems integration in the operating theatre
(ENDOALPHA) and instrument reprocessing for the global market. The
newly organized group of companies combines core fields of expertise
such as research and development, production and service as well as
distribution and training. A total of 1,100 people are employed at locations
in Hamburg, Teltow near Berlin, Tuttlingen, Perov in the Czech Republic
and Cardiff in Wales.
Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe was founded by Olympus on
1 April 2010 as a network of specialists in minimally invasive diagnostics
and therapy. Olympus Surgical is focusing on the formation of a European
Group of companies in order to ensure its ongoing future growth and to
extend its position in the field of minimally invasive diagnostics and therapy.
Any queries may be addressed to:
Silvia Schanze
Corporate Marketing
Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe
Kuehnstrasse 61, 22045 Hamburg, Germany
Tel: +49 40 669 66 2370
E-mail: Silvia.Schanze@olympus-oste.eu
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