The stuff of medical technology -- COMPAMED Trade Fair
Menu

The stuff of medical technology

Image: A metal implant in a model of the human jawbone; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf
Solid or soft, degradable or indefinitely durable, resilient or sensitive - each material has different properties and can be used for specific purposes. At COMPAMED 2021, you can find out which material is suitable for which possible applications in medical technology!

Exhibitor "Materials"

Gallery of product highlights

News from the COMPAMED.de editorial team

Image: Textile electronics at your fingertips: At the opening of the Textile Prototyping Lab, the new devices could be tested live; Copyright: Fraunhofer IZM

E-textiles: So hot right now!

Fraunhofer IZM and the weißensee academy of art in Berlin have opened a unique open innovation lab for prototyping textile electronics.
Click here for the news

Messe Düsseldorf and exhibitors make valuable contribution to COVID 19 vaccination campaign

COMPAMED 2021, the international leading trade fair for the supplier market for medical manufacturing, will be held in parallel with the world’s leading medical trade fair MEDICA 2021 in Halls 13 and 14, and not Halls 8a and 8b as originally planned, at the Düsseldorf trade fair centre from 15 to 18 November. By moving the event to new halls, Messe Düsseldorf is meeting the wishes of the federal state government of North Rhine-Westphalia, namely to ensure that they can continue to use the north area of the trade fair centre for activities in conjunction with vaccine logistics and infrastructure for this federal state.
Grafik: Ansicht Veranstaltungsdatenbank

Event database for MEDICA and COMPAMED 2021

During MEDICA and COMPAMED, you can find out about trends, innovations and current developments in medicine and medical technology on site and online in lectures and discussions on all four days of the trade fair.
To the event database

Exciting articles on the topic from the COMPAMED.de editorial team

Special

Image: Hospital corridor in an operating room, people are recognizable; Copyright: panthermedia.net/vilevi

Hygiene: coatings against microbes

They are everywhere: microbes. Many of them are useful. Others can make us sick. Especially in hospitals, old people's homes and medical practices, they can pose a danger through transmission. For example, when an immunocompromised patient comes into contact with MRSA. Special coatings could help.
Click here for the Special

Interview

Image: Recording of the material under different conditions, thread on black background; Copyright: DTNW

Filters made from renewable resources for medical applications

Many filters are still made of fossil-based polymers, but efforts are underway to change that. The idea is to use polymers from renewable resources in the future since they provide undisputed environmental benefits. However, their application also comes with drawbacks. COMPAMED-tradefair.com spoke to Dr. Larisa Tsarkova and Ralf Taubner, who collaborate on the "BioFilter" research project.
Click here for the interview with Dr. Larisa Tsarkova and Ralf Taubner

COMPAMED SUPPLIERS FORUM by DeviceMed

Hall 14, stand 14F22

Image: Mann gives a presentation at the COMPAMED Suppliers Forum by Device Med; Copyright: Messe Düsseldorf
The Forum for Developers and Suppliers
A practical presentation of the latest developments throughout the process chain. Expert talks focus on mechanical and electronic components, innovative materials, manufacturing processes, manufacturing services of all kinds, design and  usability aspects and quality assurance. Further main topics are additive manufacturing, electronic and regulatory affairs. Power  presentations on innovative new markets round off the exciting program. The COMPAMED SUPPLIER FORUM is organized by DeviceMed, the leading German-language trade magazine aimed at manufacturers of medical technology products.

Learn more:

Monday, 15 November 2021:

13:00 - 13:30 h
Next Level in AM: Additive Fertigung in Metall und Robotik in der Medizintechnik (in German)
Patrick Meyer, Toolcraft AG
Daniel Distler, Toolcraft AG

Mittwoch, 17 November 2021:

12:00 – 12:30 h
Wiederverwendbare Smart Patches – neue Lösungen für Wearables (in German)
Martin Hüttner, Covestro Deutschland AG
Eike Kottkamp, Accensors / innoME GmbH
Explore the CSF complete program in our events database!

Product portfolio and visitor target groups

Foto: Bauteil - Schaltung auf Folie
Foto: Bauteil

Discovering diversity, shaping the future

COMPAMED trade visitors come from the world's most important markets. And experience a diversity that is unique in the world. A comprehensive range of components, parts, services, digital technologies and more that will create the medical technology of tomorrow.

The offer at aglance:

  • Manufacturing of components
  • Manufaturing of finished products
  • Services
  • Manufacturing equipment
  • Components, modules, OEM equipment
  • Electrical components, electronical components
  • Microtechnology
  • Raw materials, materials, adhesives
  • Software, IT

Who you will meet here

Visitors to COMPAMED are the specialists who matter. The COMPAMED attracts various target groups:
  • Heads of research and development departments
  • Production managers
  • Engineers and technicians for R&D and production departments
  • Technical procurement managers
  • Medical technology exhibitors of MEDICA
  • Packaging specialists
  • Process engineers
  • Design engineers
  • Qualification and validation specialists

A high level of internationality, visitors from the key world markets, high levels of decision-making expertise, many medical engineering exhibitors from MEDICA as visitors to COMPAMED from 62 countries of the world, of which 92% are involved in acquisition decisions: These are the reasons why the exhibitors at COMPAMED are very satisfied and impressed by the professional level of the visitors.

COMPAMED HIGH-TECH FORUM by IVAM

Image: Thomas Dietrich fromIVAM; Copyright: Christoph Kummer

Dr. Thomas R. Dietrich
Chief Executive Officer at IVAM

The COMPAMED HIGH-TECH Forum by IVAM provides insights into research and development of the exhibited processes and products, explains technology trends in the industry and provides information on the relevant foreign markets for medical technology.

New materials, production technologies such as 3D printing, nanotechnologies and microsystems technology are just a few key points that leading experts will present here.

The COMPAMED HIGH-TECH Forum offers international presentations on all four days of the trade fair, both on-site and online.

11/15 from 12.50 - 16.30 h
11/16 from 11.00 - 15.40 h
11/17 from 10.40 - 16.50 h
11/18 from 11.00 - 14.40 h


 
Learn more about the COMPAMED HIGH-TECH FORUM here

Session: Microprecision, Manufacturing and Processing - Wednesday, 17 November 2021

14:20 – 14:50 h
The Vulkalloy® - Med: an innovative amorphous metal to miniaturize the medical devices
Sébastien Gravier
Vulkam, Gières, FR
15:30 - 15:50 h 
 3D glass precision parts by selective laser etching – process and applications
Jens Gottmann, LightFab GmbH, Aachen, DE
15:50 - 16:10 h
 Relevance of conformal coatings in today’s medical devices
Guido Wolf, Specialty Coating Systems - World Headquarters, Indianapolis, US

Safety notice

Our hygiene and infection protection concept for MEDICA and COMPAMED trade fair 2021

Back to Business. To make sure only good ideas are circulated at our end we do our utmost: with standards for hygiene and infection protection for all our events at the Düsseldorf exhibition grounds – for our exhibitors, visitors, partners and members of staff. All take action to make trade fairs also an experience in this day and age – safely and jointly. #PROTaction

Foto: ProtAction - Hygiene and infection protection at the trade fair entrance

Exciting interviews on the subject of materials from the editorial team of COMPAMED.de

Material development for implants

Image: Laboratory test kit on blue background; Copyright: Fraunhofer IKTS
Finding the right implant material isn’t always an easy feat because it has to meet stringent medical and material requirements. Researchers from different branches of science at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems, IKTS, are studying ways to optimize and create new implants. Dr. Jörg Opitz is among the esteemed scientists.
Click here for the interview with Dr. Jörg Opitz

Radiation sterilization

Photo: radiation chamber in blue; Copyright: BGS/Markus Steur Fotografie
Before single-use medical devices hit the market, they must be sterilized. The present pandemic has exacerbated the situation as the number of medical consumables in laboratories has reached new heights.
Click here for the interview with Annett Heilmann

Materials at virtual.COMPAMED 2020

Various materials have become an integral part of medical technology. Many exhibitors from these fields can also be found at virtual.COMPAMED. You can get a small insight in our photo gallery!
Click on the arrows to the right and left of the picture and you will see more pictures. For a larger view, click on the symbol in the bottom right corner of the picture.
Image: Silicone tubes for medical and pharmaceutical applications; Copyright: RAUMEDIC AG
Due to its high degree of purity, silicone is particularly suitable as an implant and for use in biotechnology. Due to its good recovery behavior, silicone tubes are also suitable for use as pump tubing.
Image: Housing solutions for medical technology; Copyright: acad group GmbH
Express injection moulding is also worthwhile for small quantities, as an alternative to additive processes.
Image: Transparent, golden Wearable; Copyright: Fraunhofer ENAS
Fraunhofer ENAS develops processes for the deposition of different types of Parylene for high quality thin film encapsulation of medical implants, MEMS and organic electronics.
Image: Theranostatic implant; Copyright: Fraunhofer ENAS
An implant for in-vivo blood pressure measurement. The complete system consists of a pressure sensor, an ASIC for data and energy management (Fraunhofer IMS) as well as an acceleration sensor for measuring the position of the patient (Fraunhofer ENAS) and an interposer as a base substrate.
Image: Titanium/ titanium alloy component; Copyright: Micro MIM Japan Holdings Inc.
Micro component made of micro powder of titanium/ titanium alloy.
Image: Injection molded parts; Copyright: FLEIMA-PLASTIC GmbH
FLEIMA-PLASTIC GmbH produces injection moulded parts according to customer requirements.
Image: Blue laser fibers on a red roll; Copyright: OFS
From the ablation of brain tumors to the treatment of leg veins, OFS fiber optic solutions help the medical industry meet the daily needs of people.
Image: Optical glass fibers; Copyright: SCHOTT AG
PURAVIS® was awarded the German Innovation Prize and provides intense, precise light for medicine and industry.

Networking with the AI-based matchmaking tool of MEDICA/ COMPAMED

Image: Icon and foto with shaking hands, spherical model

That's what we offer to you:

 Intelligent algorithm makes contact suggestions based on your interests and product focus
 Interact via chat and virtual meeting rooms
  Efficient trade fair participation via meeting scheduling and networking even before the trade fair starts
Optimize your sales activities as an exhibitor!