纽伦堡欧洲医疗设备设计展览会（ MedtecLIVE / Medtec Europe and MT-CONNECT）是欧洲的医疗器械制造行业顶级的会议，是医疗器械行业最大的国际性展会之一，并已成为医疗器械行业的第二大世界会议。满足了医疗设备产品设计和医疗器械专业制造人士的需求。在展会上有工程师、生产专家/设计师和来自不同行业的高层决策者汇聚在这里，每年一届的MEDTEC Europe是世界行业关注的著名展之一，是医疗行业的风向标。
医疗设备技术业是世界上最具创新性的产业之一，日渐拯救并改善着人类的生命。由欧洲机构 Eucomed公布的关于欧洲医疗设备业的最新数据显示医疗设备的平均开支大约占了医疗保健总开支的6.3%（相比美国仅占5.5%）。数据还显示欧洲医疗设备业花费了近38亿欧元雇佣欧洲大陆的高级技工进行研发等的再投资。
医疗技术产业相比其他行业具有更好的抗衰能力。人们希望远离病房的的心理推动着医疗设备业的不断创新，新产品的问世总是意味着由政府保健机构和保健保险公司承担的费用的减少，从而使得在经济萧条期的用于医疗设备业的再投资相比许多其他行业更具活力。这也为该行业的供应商提供了一个独有的稳定而且利润丰厚的市场。欧洲医疗技术行业正在飞速发展，市场庞大，希望中国有实力的企业开拓欧洲市场，参展MEDTEC与MEDICA是开拓市场最好的选择！
展品范围(Show Products):
展区分类：合同制造和医疗器械生产； 医疗技术和电气元件中的 IT； 原材料和组件； 流程、自动化、制造和机械； 测量、测试和验证； 生物医学工程服务。
按产品分类如下：
1、精密仪器：专业医疗合金、微处理器、电脑数值控制(CNC)、超声和激光技术，手术设备、介入心脏装置和外科技术的医疗配件；
2、医学塑料技术：对塑料原料的医学分类，对医用耗材、包装及药物传送业务的外包及加工；
3、自动化装配技术：关于自动化设定、装配工艺及机器人运动控制的自动化生产流程；
4、医药包装：从填充工艺到包装材料以及从一次性产品制造商到外包商的包装解决方案。
展会报告(Show Reports):
With around 4,000 visitors from 46 countries, MedtecLIVE with T4M has grown strongly compared to the previous year: "The significant increase in visitor numbers shows that the many offers for information, discussion and networking along the entire value chain of medical technology have been excellently received. Personal exchange and sustainable business contacts remain important for our exhibitors and visitors," Christopher Boss, Executive Director Exhibitions at NürnbergMesse, draws a positive balance. 397 exhibitors from 27 countries and an extensive accompanying programme from IndustrialSUMMIT to the production line attracted the medtech industry to Nürnberg from 23-25 May 2023. "We have clearly consolidated our position as the central trade fair for the production of medical technology," says Boss.
The European orientation - not least due to the partner country Ireland - and the representation of the entire value chain in the medical technology industry have made the trade fair an exceptional meeting place again in 2023 - with information exchange and knowledge gain at the centre. To this end, the focus with many offerings and exhibitors was on the current top topics of the industry, including regulation, circular economy, transformation, new manufacturing processes as well as IT and software.
"Figures and impression go together"
Organisers, exhibitors and visitors draw a positive picture after the three days. "Three days of networking and knowledge exchange with renowned international experts, all focusing on the most important innovations and trends in medical technology - this is an investment in the medicine of tomorrow," says Dr. Jörg Traub, Managing Director of Forum Medtech Pharma and organiser of the accompanying MedtecSUMMIT, summing up what he considers the most important medical technology event in spring 2023. The MedtecSUMMIT Congress & Partnering was another visitor magnet in the halls.
Even at the end of the first day of the trade fair, the assessment of Fabian Lehmeier, Sector Development Manager Medical Technology at Schaeffler, was positive: "We had customers with us, potential leads and students who were interested in the company. Even for the first day, we are very satisfied with our stand here." And looking back on the three days, this impression also holds true: "We are satisfied with how the fair went. We met customers and partners. The fair is a good medium for making contact with the medical technology ecosystem," is the conclusion of Tim Melchior, Sales Manager Medical Devices, at exhibitor Siemens Digital Industry Software.
And visitors were also quickly won over by the wide range of offerings: "My goal today is to find out about new trends, products and innovations, and I'm also looking forward to exchanging ideas with the exhibitors and visitors at the fair. The personal contact from person to person is simply something great. You can learn a lot that way. I like it, the two exhibition halls have filled up quickly. I find it very lively, I'm positively taken with it and I find it very interesting," says Wolfgang Bier, Global Key Account Manager Medical, at Henkel AG & Co. KgaA. Christian Riehl, Sales Accountant Manager, Eclipse Automation, is also a visitor at MedtecLIVE with T4M: "We have the automotive, industrial, but also medical sectors. We are partners in the field of automation, which means that the customers here need us when product volumes increase and automation solutions are then in demand. The fair is well attended and I have already had a number of successful discussions."
"The feedback from visitors and exhibitors matches the numbers: We have increased in quality and quantity. That was our goal. And we have achieved it," says Christopher Boss.
Networking and promotion for innovations
MedtecLIVE with T4M offered many opportunities for start-ups: the three start-ups Dymium, ProCarement and Acorai shared prize money totalling 15,000 euros offered by EIT Health. The Start-up Area offered 35 young companies plenty of space to network and present themselves to potential customers. The offer of a presentation area plus pitch competition worked well, reports Florian Ebel, Co-Founder & Business Lead at Dymium GmbH: "We are at MedtecLIVE as a start-up because we want to use the opportunity to gain visibility in the start-up scene and the medical technology scene. Yesterday we were allowed to pitch at the start-up contest and won first prize. This is a super opportunity for us to show our technology, establish partnerships and find other suppliers. We'll take that with us and then go into the next development phase of our start-up with momentum." Carmen Rommel, COO BIOVOX GmbH from Darmstadt adds: "We want to get into dialogue, want to be visible and network. This start-up area is very good, especially that you have a little space around your own stand to get into good conversation."
Medical technology production from start to finish
The production line proved to be an extraordinary visitor highlight and a real attraction at MedtecLIVE with T4M again this year: in live operation, visitors were able to experience the creation process of a medical product step by step from raw material to blister packaging. The guided tours of the production line were also very popular and consistently well attended.
Strengthening sustainable networks
The numerous large joint stands, including those of the VDMA, VDWF and the medtech regions Swiss Medtech, MedicalMountains, Bayern Innovativ and Brainport Industries from the Netherlands, were also well attended. They enabled an intensive exchange for networking among the participants and within the industry and offered visitors a good overview of the wide variety of the individual networks and regions.
MedtecLIVE with T4M 2024 in Stuttgart: 18-20 June 2024
In the coming year 2024, MedtecLIVE with T4M will again take place in Stuttgart. From 18 to 20 June, Stuttgart will then be the meeting place for the medtech industry in southern Germany.
