Messe Frankfurt India Collaborates With AMTZ Visakhapatnam For Launching Medtech Innovation Forum

CIOReviewIndia Team | Friday, 29 January 2021, 14:04 IST

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With India’s first integrated medical devices manufacturing ecosystem, MedTech Zone Ltd (AMTZ) located at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India joined hands. The joint cooperation sets for providing further impetus to indigenous manufacturing of medical devices and emphasize on innovations and specialized medical tools and technologies, which can attract domestic and global investors.

With this collaboration, there will be the launch of the MedTech innovation Forum for creation of a collaborative platform for medical device manufacturers, innovators, and technology experts for exchanging advancements and innovations for accelerating the development of the Indian medical devices industry (stated in a press release).

The first edition of the business event, which is scheduled to take place on 7 and 8 October 2021 in Visakhapatnam, is expected to bring industry leaders together with the government and medical consultants. They are expected to address integral challenges of import dependency, the requirement of technology collaborations and medical technology advancements which can be introduced in the industry. The forum has received support from apex industry bodies – AIMED (Association of Indian Medical Device Industry) and ADMI (Association of Diagnostic Manufacturers of India, as informed).

The managing director of Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd said, “India’s response and agility in scaling up manufacturing of medical devices together with strong initiatives by the government on making the sector ‘Atmanirbhar’ makes it an opportune time to introduce a forum that focuses on bringing medical technology innovations to the forefront. We are proud to combine strengths with AMTZ in this goal and are confident that the critical insights on MedTech advancements and challenges will enable the sector to create an environment for improved trade and investment opportunities.”

The Indian Industry Ministers – Mekapati Goutham Reddy, tweeted – “ “Pleased to know that Messe Frankfurt has tied up with AMTZ Visakhapatnam to launch MedTech Innovation Forum in India. Slated fr Oct 7-8, 2021 in Visakhapatnam, 1st edition of this key business event is expected to bring industry leadership together with government”.

On his comments on the development of the Vizagapatnam Chamber of Commerce, he tweeted - “Great News. Messe Frankfurt has a global presence and both digital and organisational capabilities. Looking forward”.

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