Linamar’s New ‘Medtech’ Group to Focus on Medical Devices and Precision Medical Components

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Linamar’s New ‘Medtech’ Group to Focus on Medical Devices and Precision Medical Components 利纳马集团新成立的Medtech公司将专注于医 疗设备和精密医疗组件

Ontario-based Linamar Corp. has formed a new medical manufacturing group, MedTech, which will focus on leveraging its expert capabilities in precision manufacturing to pursue opportunities in the medical device and precision medical component markets.

The company said MedTech will further fuel growth and diversification in line with Linamar’s 2100 strategy. The announcement builds on the medical device programs the company has launched over the past several years, including full ventilator systems and ventilator parts, part of the highly critical, expedited launch effort in response to the public health crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Linamar has also successfully launched other medical device programs in automated robotic microscopy.

“Linamar has expertise and resources that are applicable beyond the markets in which it operates today as we have proven with prior diversification initiatives,” said Linda Hasenfratz, Linamar’s Executive Chair and CEO. “With a growing and aging population, the medical device and precision components market is one that is growing quickly. This is an exciting new area for Linamar to grow, and one in which we have already proven we can excel.”

By utilizing the Linamar global operating structure and manufacturing footprint, Linamar plans to manufacture precision medical components and complex medical device assemblies for the global medical market. Potential targeted products include surgical, respiratory, and imaging devices, and precision components for devices, orthopedics, and prosthesis. ■

总部位于加拿大安大略省的利纳马公司成立了新的 医疗制造公司MedTech，将专注于利用其在精密制造方 面的专业能力，在医疗设备和精密医疗部件市场寻求发展 机会。

根据利纳马集团2100战略，MedTech公司将进 一步推动增长和多元化。这一声明是建立在公司过去几 年推出的医疗设备项目的基础上，包括全呼吸机系统和 呼吸机部件，这是应对Covid-19大流行造成的公共卫 生危机，做出的非常关键、加速发展的部分努力。利纳 马集团还成功地推出了自动机器人显微镜中的其他医疗 设备程序。

利纳马集团执行主席兼首席执行官琳达·哈森弗拉茨 说：“利纳马集团拥有足够的专业知识和资源，正如我们 之前的多元化计划所证明的。随着人口的增长和老龄化， 医疗设备和精密零部件市场正在快速增长。这是利纳马集 团成长的一个令人兴奋的新领域，事实证明我们可以脱颖 而出。”

通过利用利纳马集团的全球运营结构和生产足迹，利 纳马集团计划为全球医疗市场制造精密的医疗组件和复杂 的医疗设备组件。目标产品包括外科、呼吸和成像设备，以 及矫形外科和假肢的精密组件。■