Kontron AG to establish medical competence centre in Augsburg

Eching near Munich, 24 July 2014 – Kontron AG, a leading global provider of Embedded Computer Technology (ECT), is to establish a dedicated medical competence centre at its new Technology Campus in Augsburg. In response to demand by global medical equipment manufacturers and in an effort to strengthen its position in this market segment further, Kontron consolidates and expands its medical expert team, merging professionals from all parts of the value chain, including system development, validation, certification and production. The centre will be operational before the end of 2014.

“Based on Kontron’s profound ECT expertise, we will concentrate our medical architectural and design competence at our new Augsburg facility. I have no doubt that this will enhance our medical capabilities further and enable us to meet demand for unique customer solutions”, says Rolf Schwirz, CEO of Kontron AG.

Kontron is the globally leading supplier of embedded computer platforms for manufacturers of diagnostic equipment and patient care solutions. As the largest Europe-based supplier, the establishment of the Medical competence centre expands on Kontron’s current scale and capabilities to invest in innovation, development and global support to meet the stringent demands of the medical equipment market. Today, the major part of the global top-20 medical equipment suppliers rely on Kontron’s technology.

“Our customers, the major medical equipment suppliers worldwide, want to reduce their time to market by innovating even more quickly. In order to achieve that, they need strong global technology partners they can trust – like Kontron”, says Marcel van Helten, Executive Vice President responsible for the Business Unit Industrial. “Emerging regulatory requirements and issues such as device manageability, safety, reliability or market disruptors like the Internet of Things (IoT) are becoming more challenging for our customers and drive the need for integrated, scalable core competence.”

The global embedded computer market for medical equipment continues to grow at double-digit rates, driven in particular by an accelerating digitization of healthcare provision in developed countries and the expansion in rural healthcare.

For more information:
Alexandra Habekost
Kontron AG
Tel: +49 (0) 8165 77 281
E-Mail: Alexandra.Habekost@kontron.com

Harald Kinzler
HERING SCHUPPENER Consulting
Tel: +49 69 9218 7465
E-Mail: hkinzler@heringschuppener.com