This is a promise we have pursued in surgery since 1923. With this claim in mind, we develop and market medical technology solutions such as implant systems, electrosurgery units, surgical laser systems, sterilization containers, OR lights, surgical instruments as well as individual OR solutions. And in many cases, we have set new benchmarks.
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At WFHSS Conference, we announce a new cooperation with the Danish innovators Caretag Surgical. The cooperation brings RFID technology on surgical assets, like surgical instruments or sterilization containers.
The topic of handing over a company is on everyone's lips, especially in medium-sized businesses. Karl and Christian Leibinger, Presidents of the KLS Martin Group, also dealt with this topic. Today, Karl Leibinger can look back on a successful handover of the company.
Today we officially opened our KLS Martin WORLD North America training center at our site in Jacksonville, Florida. After a construction period of 14 months, the training center finally joins our North American campus, which previously included our marketing and sales company KLS Martin LP as well as our development and production company KLS Martin Manufacturing LLC.
After only six months of construction, the topping-out ceremony for the extension at Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik (KLM) in Mühlheim an der Donau was celebrated. The shell of all the concrete work has now been completed on schedule. With an expected investment sum of 13 million euros, the new building is the largest single investment in the company's more than 100-year history.
The first ever Level II advanced training has taken place in our KLS Martin WORLD in Tuttlingen. Participants from 11 different nations were following up their basic education from Level I and boosted their knowledge in processing of medical devices.
At the first international congress of hospital architecture (Primer Congreso internacional de arquitectura e ingeneria hospitalaria) in Lima, Peru, Markus Unger, our Head of Product Management for individual OR solutions, spoke to over 200 Architects and Project Managers about the future of modular technology in hospital construction, our individual OR solutions and the challenges in project business.
Thomas Samyn, our Director Product Management Implant Systems, spoke on this topic at an industry forum of the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Brisbane, Australia. In addition to him, other speakers from the industry gave insights into their assessment of the future challenges and opportunities for the medical technology industry in Queensland and Europe.
The KLS Martin Group is continuing its commitment to education and the customer experience with the construction of the second KLS Martin WORLD facility.
The construction work is in full swing. The project is fully on track. In our development and production company Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik (KLM) in Mühlheim an der Donau, a further production and construction building with an area of around 5,300 square metres is currently being built on three levels.
Under the motto "Fit and healthy through bits and bytes", the state government organized its fully booked annual digital@bw festival in Tuttlingen on July 19. 500 visitors were able to discover the potential of digital health applications through lectures, discussions and guided tours in various medical technology companies. We also participated in the festival and invited the visitors to experience our digital solutions for the individualization of medical technology live at our visitor center KLS Martin WORLD. Thomas Strobl, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digitization, was also among the visitors.
Bright sunshine and 35°C in the shade. Not quite simple conditions for top sporting performance. However, our 45 runners were not impressed and faced their personal challenges.
To exchange and expand knowledge in the field of craniomaxillofacial surgery, to discuss market conditions and to gain an insight into future product developments. These were the aims of this year's training for our Latin American and Spanish distributors as well as our local colleagues.
The company Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik located in Mühlheim is regarded as one of "Germany's best training companies" in the field of medical technology. In 2019, "Deutschland Test" and the business magazine Focus-Money examined over 20,000 companies with Karl Leibinger Medizintechnik (a company of the KLS Martin Group) ranking in the highest tier for focusing on employee training.
27th ESTS Congress in DublinAt this year's Congress of the European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery in Dublin, our colleagues from the product management and sales together with our local distributor Lynton from Great Britain presented our product innovations in the fields of electrosurgery, vessel sealing and surgical laser systems.
KLS Martin Group invests in software company CADS GmbH
The KLS Martin Group has invested in its strategic partner CADS GmbH. CADS GmbH, based in Perg, Austria, develops visionary software solutions for the industry. With its comprehensive know-how in the fields of medical technology, CAD automation and additive and subtractive manufacturing, CADS GmbH can optimally support the KLS Martin Group in the future.
The colleagues from our IPS® planning office in San Sebastián, Spain, took part in the “Carrera de Empresas”, a local company race, for a good cause. On a distance of 8.5 km along the three beaches of the city, they were able to secure the 77th place among 348 company groups.
Our Project Manager Tanja Mutschler introduces 20 Technical Managers from the wvib network to her project management system for simultaneous, efficient and on-schedule order processing, thus providing discussion material.
Workshops are designed to practice complex surgical situations in a safe environment and thus improve one's skills. This opportunity was used by 20 ENT medical students to improve their knowledge of mandibular reconstruction.
Our operating lights marLED® V16 and marLED® V10 are now used in the new innovative hybrid OR and intra-operative MRI at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
This month we traveled around the world. From the CMEF in Shanghai over the Hospitalar in São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro to the ICOMS and back to Tuttlingen. We like to remember the international congresses. If you feel the same way or were unable to attend the congresses, but would still like to gain an insight, you can do so here.
At this year's congress of the European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA) in The Hague, colleagues from our Dutch sales and marketing company Martin Nederland/Marned B.V , together with our local distributor Heijneman Medical and our Product Managers from Tuttlingen, presented the new products in the areas of operating lights, HF surgery and surgical instruments.
The IPS® family now includes IPS Implants® Preprosthetic. The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) has developed a functionally stable framework implant. It is manufactured using a 3D laser melting process. Since 2015, more than 25 patients have already opted for IPS Implants® Preprosthetic and can benefit from the advantages of the new immediate dental rehabilitation. The clinic's cooperation partner is the KLS Martin Group.
KLS Martin Group looks back on strong growth in 2018
At this year's International Sales Conference of the Tuttlingen-based KLS Martin Group, numerous sales managers were selected who have exceeded their annual target.
"It fills me with great pride to look back on the development of the KLS Martin Group in recent years. Since 2010 alone we have been able to more than double the worldwide turnover of the group, which is a remarkable achievement", summarises Karl Leibinger, President of the KLS Martin Group.
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